It is the church's job, as Dr. [Martin Luther] King says, to be the conscience of the state, not the chaplain of the state.

We've heard from people all around the world, telling us that this is their reality. People need a way to connect the sometimes really hard reality in which they wake up each morning with the movement of the Spirit.

I'm excited we can be part of making the death penalty history.

One of the great dangers in political engagement is misplaced hope.

Whenever folks say radical Christianity is "a phase" of youth, I tell them they need to meet our 80-year-old nun or my friend Tony Campolo.

The dreams get anchored in aged wisdom not some utopian fantasy.

When we realize that we are both wretched and beautiful, we are freed up to see others the same way.