There Is A Certain Power When Old

One Of The Great Dangers In Political Engagement Is Misplaced Hope.

We Are Faithful Not To The Triumphant Golden Eagle (ironically, Also An Imperial Symbol Of Power In Rome) But To The Slaughtered Lamb.

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

In The Bible, God Uses Brothel Owners, Pagan Kings, Murderers And Mercenaries As Instruments Of Good; At One Point God Even Speaks To A Guy Named Balaam Through His Donkey.

There Is An Innocence Or Purity That We See In Renewals And In The Mennonite Church And A New An Invigorated Civil Rights Movement.