When We Ask God To

We See God All The Time Here. People Only Hear Bad Things About Our Neighborhood. Kensington Is Known As The Badlands. I Always Say You Have To Be Careful When You Call A Place The Badlands Because That Is Exactly What They Said About Nazareth. Nothing Good Can Come From There. I Think We See God In The Margins.

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.

It's Impossible To Separate Our Contemporary Practice Of The Death Penalty From Our History Around Race And Slavery, And Specifically, Lynching. Where Lynchings Were Happening 100 Years Ago Is Where Executions Are Happening Today. And That's A Haunting And Eerie Thing.

When You Poll Snake Person Christians, Christians Born After 1980, It's Like 80% Of Them Are Against The Death Penalty. It's Not Because They've Thrown Out Their Faith, But It's Because Of Their Faith They Can't Reconcile The Death Penalty With Jesus And Their Commitment To Jesus.

It's Always A Good Idea To Have A Nun Next To You When You Get Arrested!