Perhaps There Is No More Dangerous Place

Karl Barth Said It Well: "we Have To Read The Bible In One Hand... And The Newspaper In The Other." Our Faith Should Not Cause Us To Escape This World But To Engage It.

How Ironic Is It To See A Bumper Sticker That Says 'jesus Is The Answer' Next To A Bumper Sticker Supporting The War In Iraq, As If To Says 'jesus Is The Answer - But Not In The Real World.

David, Moses, Saul Of Tarsus, These Were All People Who Did Terrible Terrible Things  -  they Were Murderers. The Bible Would Be A Lot Shorter Without Grace.

The Catholic Understanding Has Been That The Death Penalty Has Been Become, Like, Outdated Because In Industrialized Countries. We Have Other Ways Of Protecting Societies From Dangerous People Without Killing Them. And In Fact, It's Important To Remember That Much Of The World Has Done Away With The Death Penalty.

Mother Theresa Said It Is Not How Much We Give That Is Important But How Much Love You Put Into Doing It. So It Is Not Just How Many Units Of Housing We Create Or How Good Our Health Care System Is, It Is That People Have Someone To Eat Dinner With And That People Have Someone To Hold Their Hand When They Die. That Is What We Are Called To Do And It Is The Love Of Christ. It Is Relationships.