“Some people are at their best when they’re miserable.” (>>)

“And it is true what you said
that I live like a hermit in my own head
But when the sun shines again
I’ll pull the curtains and blinds to let the light in” (>>) [MP3]

“You don’t ever slow down
to find what you lost
or lose what you found
No one’s saying what you need to hear” (>>) [MP3]

“Khartoum didn’t think we’d care if they slaughtered Muslims. It is a good and hopeful thing that they were wrong.” (>>)

“Could someone please tell me the story
Of sinners ransomed from the fall
I still have never seen you, and somedays
I don’t love you at all” (>>) [MP3]

“It just seems kind of crazy for us that a holiday that is supposed to [be] about Jesus has now forced him out of the picture and co-opted spending and consumption in his place. For us, the Jesus of Christmas is not just a fragile little baby in a manger. But the wild, subversive prophet who challenged an empire and practiced justice. It doesn’t make much sense as followers of the Way for us to buy gifts made by people overseas in factories that treat them contrary to the way Jesus would. Or to buy gifts made by detached machines.” (>>)

“…we’re foolish dreamers on our best days and hypocrites every other day.” (>>)

“I’ve needed to be able to do that all my life” (>>)