The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

God doesn't want to change the world without you.

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

What the Black lives matter movement is doing is they are making it personal. They are making it hash tagged, exposing the racial injustice that continues to haunt our country in a way that you can't ignore. There is power in injustice becoming personal.

If we believe terrorists are past redemption, we should just rip up like 1/2 the New Testament because it was written by one.

When we really began executions rather than lynchings, black folks were 22% of our population in 1950, for instance, but they were 75% of the executions. Now, African-Americans are 13% of the population, but they're still almost half of death row, and over a third of the executions. 34% of the executions are black folks. So, like, I mean, things like the race of the victim is one of the biggest determinants of who gets executed.

We are faithful not to the triumphant golden eagle (ironically, also an imperial symbol of power in Rome) but to the slaughtered Lamb.