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

Faith is believing in the impossible because we have a God who is master of impossible.

God's people are not to accumulate stuff for tomorrow but to share indiscriminately with the scandalous and holy confidence that God will provide for tomorrow. Then we need not stockpile stuff in barns or a 401(k), especially when there is someone in need.

Someday war and poverty will be crazy and we will wonder how the world allowed such things to exist.

Governments can do lots of things, but there are a lot of things they cannot do. A government can provide good housing, but folks can have a house without having a home. We can keep people breathing with good health care, but they still may not really be alive.

Liturgy and worship were never meant to be confined to the cathedrals and sanctuaries. Liturgy at its best can be performed like a circus or theater - making the Gospel visible as a witness to the world around us.

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