The question for me is not are we political, but how are we political? We need to be politically engaged, but peculiar in how we engage.

[People] need to find words that can reconnect them with each other. That is the gift of good liturgy, yeah. We're not talking about fluffy stuff. We're talking about real life for people around the world. Our prayers should be said like the daily breath that gives us life.

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

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

Sometimes people call folks here at the Simple Way saints. Usually they either want to applaud our lives and live vicariously through us, or they want to write us off as superhuman and create a safe distance. One of my favorite quotes, written on my wall here in bold black marker, is from Dorothy Day: "Don't call us saints; we don't want to be dismissed that easily

We have a relational problem with those who are suffering or who are different from us. All of us are most comfortable around people who are like us culturally and economically.

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