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

There is nothing to be intimidated about - it's just another long run where a few more people show up and they happen to wear numbers.

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

I have become convinced that if God stands a child before you, for even just a minute, it is a divine appointment.

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

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.