We can also cling to the treasures of our faith and get rid of the things that are cluttering that. It is a time we are seeing some trending away from the things that were cluttering our faith.

Faith is being idealistic, because we have made an idol out of the status quo.

The question for me is not are we political, but how are we political? We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage.

Maybe we are a little crazy. After all, we believe in things we don't see. The Scriptures say that faith is "being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see" (Heb. 11:1). We believe poverty can end even though it is all around us. We believe in peace even though we hear only rumours of wars. And since we are people of expectation, we are so convinced that another world is coming that we start living as if it were already here.

I say let's be idealists. "Faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not yet see" (Hebrews 11:1).

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

If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one.