When we realize that we are both wretched and beautiful, we are freed up to see others the same way.

You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more like learning to belly laugh. You catch hope from someone who has it down in their gut.

There are some Christians who totally disengage from politics and set their minds on heaven so much that their faith is so heavenly minded that it is no earthly good.

We can tell the world that there is life after death, but the world really seems to be wondering if there is life before death.

We're not church planters. We are community planters and, as we work in our communities, we join local churches.

When we were starting our community a bunch of older Benedictine nuns said to us, "If you have any questions or want to pick our brains, please do - we've been doing community for about 1,500 years together so we've learned a few things."

If those of us who believe in God do not believe God's grace is big enough to save the whole world... well, we should at least pray that it is.