When It Comes To The Big Issues

A Lot Of Times People Say Whatever The Government Touches, They Don't Do That Well, So Why Would We Trust Them With The Power Over Life And Death? Do We Really Believe The System Is That Perfect That It Won't Make Any Mistakes? You Can't Reverse These Mistakes.

Sometimes People Call Folks Here At The Simple Way Saints. Usually They Either Want To Applaud Our Lives And Live Vicariously Through Us, Or They Want To Write Us Off As Superhuman And Create A Safe Distance. One Of My Favorite Quotes, Written On My Wall Here In Bold Black Marker, Is From Dorothy Day: "don't Call Us Saints; We Don't Want To Be Dismissed That Easily

There Is A Certain Power When Old And Young Come Together - We Can Do More Together Than We Can On Our Own.

To Refer To The Church As A Building Is To Call People 2 X 4's.

[mahatma] Ghandi Said In A World With So Many Hungry People It Just Makes Sense That God Would Come As Food. God Sent The Living Bread And The Living Water In A World Where There Is So Much Thirst And So Much Hunger.