I reject the version of Jesus who would have told the rich young ruler, “you are blessed” instead of, “give everything to the poor and follow me.” Who would have pushed women to the fringes of the narrative, instead of empowering Mary to be the first preacher of...
The kings and dictators and the mighty of the world accomplish their work with speeches and drums and brass and the thunder of bombers. But God works in silence.
Imagine if every church became a place where everyone is safe, but no one is comfortable. Imagine if every church became a place where we told one another the truth. We might just create sanctuary. from Searching for Sunday: Loving, Leaving, and Finding the Church
Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it. from Cooper Union Address (1860)