I'm Just Not Convinced That

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.

Whenever Folks Say Radical Christianity Is "a Phase" Of Youth, I Tell Them They Need To Meet Our 80-year-old Nun Or My Friend Tony Campolo.

And I Think That's What Our World Is Desperately In Need Of - Lovers, People Who Are Building Deep, Genuine Relationships With Fellow Strugglers Along The Way, And Who Actually Know The Faces Of The People Behind The Issues They Are Concerned About.

The Death Penalty Has Succeeded In America, Not In Spite Of Christians, But Because Of Us. The Bible Belt Is The Death Belt. Wherever Christians Are Most Concentrated Is Where Executions Are Happening, And That's Deeply Troubling To Me.

People Had Taught Me What Christians Believe, But No One Had Told Me How Christians Live.