We Give People Fish. We Teach Them

Christianity Can Be Built Around Isolating Ourselves From Evildoers And Sinners, Creating A Community Of Religious Piety And Moral Purity. That’s The Christianity I Grew Up With. Christianity Can Also Be Built Around Joining With The Broken Sinners And Evildoers Of Our World Crying Out To God, Groaning For Grace. That’s The Christianity I Have Fallen In Love With.

With The Early Christians You Couldn't Have God As Your Father Unless You Have The Church As Your Mother. This Isn't Accepting The Church As A Perfect Thing.

Little Movements Of Communities Of Ordinary Radicals Are Committed To Doing Small Things With Great Love.

When We Were Starting Our Community A Bunch Of Older Benedictine Nuns Said To Us, "if You Have Any Questions Or Want To Pick Our Brains, Please Do - We've Been Doing Community For About 1,500 Years Together So We've Learned A Few Things."

The Eucharist Is A Symbol Of That As You Have Bread, The Staple Food Of The Poor, And Wine, A Luxury Of The Rich, Which Are Brought Together At The Table.