Money has power. And so withholding money has power too, especially when a bunch of people do it together.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

The death penalty has succeeded in America, not in spite of Christians, but because of us. The Bible Belt is the Death Belt. Wherever Christians are most concentrated is where executions are happening, and that's deeply troubling to me.

Every 70-year-old needs a young person in their lives to mentor, and every 20-year-old needs a senior.

I like how someone once said being a Christian is not about having new ideas but having new eyes. This is the ability to have our hearts broken with the things that break the heart of God. That is part of what it means to be a Christian.

There is a movement bubbling up that goes beyond cynicism and celebrates a new way of living, a generation that stops complaining about the church it sees and becomes the church it dreams of.

Discontentment is a gift. It's the stuff that changes the world.