I Say Let's Be Idealists. "faith Is

I Think Of The Catholic Worker Movement And Dorothy Day And Peter Maurin And Others.

We Know The Church Wasn't Born 200 Years Ago. It's Encouraging To See Some Of The Post-denominational Churches Actually Wanting To Reconnect With The Story And The Prayer Life Of The Larger Church.

Jesus Is Challenging That When Addressing "who Is Your Neighbor" And He Has A Lot Of Hard Things To Say About Family, "unless You Hate Your Own Family You Are Not Going To Be A Disciple." He Is Challenging The Limits Of Our Compassion And Our Love As If Someone's Kid Suffers It Should Be As Devastating To Us As If It Were Our Own Kid. That Is What The Early Church Said.

The More You Look At The Death Penalty, That's Where You See That We're Actually Not Killing The Worst Of The Worst. We're Killing The Poorest Of The Poor. Where Actually One Of The Biggest Determinants Of Who Gets Executed Is How Many Resources They Have To Defend Themselves.

There's An Understanding Of Common Prayer That I Think We're Seeing Grow, More And More. When I Travel, I Hear From People Who Are Deeply Touched That Our Common Prayer Takes Time To Remember Some Of The Terrible Tragedies That Have Happened Around The World.