Mother Theresa always said, "Calcuttas are everywhere if only we have eyes to see. Find your Calcutta."

Prayer is not so much about convincing God to do what we want God to do as it is about convincing ourselves to do what God wants us to do.

This is what Jesus had in mind: folks coming together, forming close-knit communities and meeting each other's needs-- no kings, no major welfare systems, no presidents necessary. His is a theology and practice for the people of God, not a set of suggestions for empire.

Dance until they kill you, and then we'll dance some more.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

Too often we just do what makes sense to us and ask God to bless it.

Tony Campolo and I both speak a lot, and we began to notice that there were some crowds of old folks that desperately needed some youthful energy, and there were other crowds of young folks that desperately needed some aged wisdom.