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Charity wins awards and applause, but joining the poor gets you killed. People do not get crucified for charity. People are crucified for living out a love that disrupts the social order, that calls forth a new world. People are not crucified for helping poor people. People are crucified for joining them.

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When we ask God to move a mountain, God may give us a shovel.

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Over and over, when I ask God why all of these injustices are allowed to exist in the world, I can feel the Spirit whisper to me, You tell me why we …

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And I think that's what our world is desperately in need of - lovers, people who are building deep, genuine relationships with fellow strugglers alon…

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Perhaps there is no more dangerous place for a Christian to be than in safety and comfort, detached from the suffering of others.

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The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are all called to do.

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How can we worship a homeless man on Sunday and ignore one on Monday?

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We give people fish. We teach them to fish. We tear down the walls that have been built up around the fish pond. And we figure out who polluted it.

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So even as we see the horror of death, may we be reminded that in the end, love wins. Mercy triumphs. Life is more powerful than death. And even thos…

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