There are folks who burn the Koran and hold signs saying, "God hates fags" and all sorts of sick things - and they often hijack the headlines with hatred. We know that is not what Christ was like.

What is the point in calling anything God if it does not also hold sway in every part of one's life--especially one's politics?

Little movements of communities of ordinary radicals are committed to doing small things with great love.

To all my nonbelieving, sort-of-believing, and used-to-be-believing friends: I feel like I should begin with a confession. I am sorry that so often the biggest obstacle to God has been Christians.

There is an innocence or purity that we see in renewals and in the Mennonite church and a new an invigorated civil rights movement.

Look through the prayer books. You'll see lots of dates. You'll see names of Native Americans remembered. This was an open-sourcing project among so many people.

We need good laws, but no law can change a human heart - only God can do that.