To Refer To The Church As A

Biological Family Is Too Small Of A Vision. Patriotism Is Far Too Myopic. A Love For Our Own Relatives And A Love For The People Of Our Own Country Are Not Bad Things, But Our Love Does Not Stop At The Border.

The History Of The Church Has Been Largely A History Of "believers" Refusing To Believe In The Way Of The Crucified Nazarene And Instead Giving In To The Very Temptations He Resisted--power, Relevancy, Spectacle.

Violence Is For Those Who Have Lost Their Imagination.

When We Were Starting Our Community A Bunch Of Older Benedictine Nuns Said To Us, "if You Have Any Questions Or Want To Pick Our Brains, Please Do - We've Been Doing Community For About 1,500 Years Together So We've Learned A Few Things."

...i Believe In A God Of Scandalous Grace. I Have Pledged Allegiance To A King Who Loved Evildoers So Much He Died For Them, Teaching Us That There Is Something Worth Dying For But Nothing Worth Killing For.