...while God has done his part in creating a world capable of providing what we need, we have not done our part in the stewardship of it, in seeing that it gets to the end of the line, to the poorest and neediest--the children.

...while God has done his part in creating a world capable of providing what we need, we have not done our part in the stewardship of it, in seeing that it gets to the end of the line, to the poorest and neediest--the children.

I’m convinced that one of the most powerful forces on earth is the prayer of a child.

What’s your cause? Does it move you to tears? What is it that moves you passionately?

But when adults speak up for the vulnerable and the weak, working and demanding that safety and respect prevail, God's little lambs are protected and nourished. They know they are not abandoned; they are loved. And the world becomes a little more like heaven as a result.

I spend half my time comforting the afflicated, and the other half afflicting the comfortable.

A church begins to die when it says, ‘They were just children.