Discontentment Is A Gift. It's The Stuff

You Can't Really Learn God's Hope Like You Learn The Logic Of An Argument Or The Details Of A Story. It's More Like Learning To Belly Laugh. You Catch Hope From Someone Who Has It Down In Their Gut.

There Are Financial Bankruptcies In Many Parts Of The Church. No Question About That. But We See The Possibility Of Reimagining And Revitalizing The Church.

This Is What Jesus Had In Mind: Folks Coming Together, Forming Close-knit Communities And Meeting Each Other's Needs-- No Kings, No Major Welfare Systems, No Presidents Necessary. His Is A Theology And Practice For The People Of God, Not A Set Of Suggestions For Empire.

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

It's Unilaterally True That It Costs More To Maintain The Death Penalty Than The Alternatives To It, And We Can Leverage More Resources To Victims Families. We Can Do All Sorts Of Creative Ways Of Healing The Pain That People Have Done By Channeling The Energy And Resources To Other More Redemptive Forms Of Justice.