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.

As Christians, we should be the best collaborators in the world. We should be quick to find unlikely allies and subversive friends, like Jesus did.

A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities.

Biological family is too small of a vision. Patriotism is far too myopic. A love for our own relatives and a love for the people of our own country are not bad things, but our love does not stop at the border.

The best critique of what is wrong is the practice of something better. So let's stop complaining about the church we've experienced and work on becoming the church we dream of.

Jesus taught us a prayer of community and reconciliation, belonging to a new people who have left the land of 'me'.

Because you can poke someone's eye out legally doesn't mean you should and that it's right. The Bible teaches us a more perfect justice.