We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage. Jesus and the early Christians had a marvelous political imagination. They turned all the presumptions and ideas of power and blessing upside down.

Faith is being idealistic, because we have made an idol out of the status quo.

I learned more about God from the tears of homeless mothers than any systematic theology ever taught me.

It's always a good idea to have a nun next to you when you get arrested!

One of the great dangers in political engagement is misplaced hope.

I'm just not convinced that Jesus is going to say, "When I was hungry, you gave a check to the United Way and they fed me.

Mother Theresa said it is not how much we give that is important but how much love you put into doing it. So it is not just how many units of housing we create or how good our health care system is, it is that people have someone to eat dinner with and that people have someone to hold their hand when they die. That is what we are called to do and it is the love of Christ. It is relationships.