Liturgy and worship were never meant to be confined to the cathedrals and sanctuaries. Liturgy at its best can be performed like a circus or theater - making the Gospel visible as a witness to the world around us.

I think of the Catholic worker movement and Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin and others.

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

The early Christians felt a deep collision with the empire in which they lived, and with politics as usual. They carelessly crossed party lines and built subversive friendships. And we should do that too.

Somehow Jesus's reputation has survived all the embarrassing things that Christians have done in his name.

To be nonpartisan doesn't mean we're nonpolitical.

A lot of the world looks to the United States, whether we like it or not.