One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.

The time has come for a new kind of conversation, a new kind of Christianity, a new kind of revolution.

The church is like Noah's ark. It stinks, but if you get out of it, you'll drown.

Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

When I think of some of the great renewals in the church I think of folks like St. Francis and Clare of Assisi who, through their lifestyle, were challenging the patterns of materialism and militarism and it affected the Christianity of their age.

I wondered if there were other restless people asking the question with me: What if Jesus meant the stuff he said?.

We see God all the time here. People only hear bad things about our neighborhood. Kensington is known as the badlands. I always say you have to be careful when you call a place the badlands because that is exactly what they said about Nazareth. Nothing good can come from there. I think we see God in the margins.