We can ignore suffering no matter where we live. There are people who live a few miles from me who never see much poverty or the injustices that live on our doorstep.

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

It is the church's responsibility, the government's responsibility, and the personal responsibility of every one of us to love.

I engage with local politics because it affects people I love. And I engage in national politics because it affects people I love.

A lot of the world looks to the United States, whether we like it or not.

We do need to be born again, since Jesus said that to a guy named Nicodemus. But if you tell me I have to be born again to enter the Kingdom of God, I can tell you that you have to sell everything you have and give it to the poor, because Jesus said that to one guy, too. But I guess that's why God invented highlighers, so we can highlight the parts we like and ignore the rest.

The future of the church is also about looking back and looking at where we see these wonderful renewals and what we can learn from the early church. I think it is a really exciting time where Phyllis Tickle said every few hundred years the church needs a rummage sale where we can get rid of some of the clutter.