It's not that hard to say slavery is wrong after we've abolished it.

I think a lot of people view the death penalty as a debate class or something. The cost and what's at stake is really, really a big deal.

The question becomes not just how to accumulate more, but how to covet less.

We've heard from people all around the world, telling us that this is their reality. People need a way to connect the sometimes really hard reality in which they wake up each morning with the movement of the Spirit.

So even as we see the horror of death, may we be reminded that in the end, love wins. Mercy triumphs. Life is more powerful than death. And even those who have committed great violence can have the image of God come to life again within them as they hear the whisper of love. May the whisper of love grow louder than the thunder of violence. May we love loudly.

A lot of the world looks to the United States, whether we like it or not.

I think in the end, God's justice is redemptive, it's restorative, it's about giving life, not taking life.