May we be active participants in the liberatory potential of democracy.

Of all the things "faith" can mean, to me it means believing in us.

Black Queens saved our democracy. We owe them a great deal.

Holding people accountable for the impact of their behavior is not revenge; it’s what makes change and growth possible, and no real healing in community can come without it.

Uncertain as the world feels right now, love will bear whatever lies ahead.

It often feels like we’re shouting into the void. It was a gift to be reminded that sometimes someone is listening.

Jesus had no political power. He lived his whole life in the shadow of the Roman empire, and that empire killed him. Yet Jesus healed the sick, he listened, he moved among the ordinary people, in the lowly places.

I choose to believe in community. I choose to believe in the difficult, slow work of building a common life.

Spirit that runs through us all, help me to remember all the ways in which I am connected to others.

.I want liberty and justice for all in my country. That will ask of me—and of many of you—the discipline of discomfort.

November 16, 2016 "Well, the only chains we can stand / Are the chains between hand and hand Keep your eyes on the prize / Hold on" —Adapted lyrics to “Gospel Plow,”* attributed to Alice Wine Holding on does not come easy to me. As a teenager who left home and bounced around, I am talented at...

Help us to live in peace together and serve one another and to see the holy light in everyone, even when those holy lights are especially hard to see.