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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

I Found That The Death Penalty  -  and I'm Not A Hot-button Issue Person, You Know, I'm Not A Single Issue Person  -  but What I Think Drew Me To The Death Penalty Is Because It Raises Some Very Deep, Fundamental Questions Like: Is Anybody Beyond Redemption?

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.

There Are Some Christians Who Totally Disengage From Politics And Set Their Minds On Heaven So Much That Their Faith Is So Heavenly Minded That It Is No Earthly Good.

Look Through The Prayer Books. You'll See Lots Of Dates. You'll See Names Of Native Americans Remembered. This Was An Open-sourcing Project Among So Many People.