I do believe that the Church is God's primary instrument for ushering in the Kingdom (God's dream) on earth as it is in heaven, but God is not limited to use only the Church, or only Christians for that matter.

I think they [ monastic folks ] were going to the desert to build a new society and in a sense to build a new world, a new culture together where it was easier to be good and holy.

As my friend said that when people say the church is full of hypocrites, he says we always have room for more.

My goal is to speak the truth in love. There are a lot of people speaking the truth with no love, and there are a lot of people talking about love without much truth.

It doesn't matter who you are. Everyone has something to offer the movement of justice

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

I think of the Catholic worker movement and Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin and others.