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"Ideally, we outgrow much of our childishness and maintain many of our childlike qualities. It’s a lifelong process. ... Power and privilege tap into the childish mindset: If you don’t do as I wish or give me what I want, I will fire you or excommunicate you. I‘ll get you exiled from the playhouse."

"Just because we can’t provide clarity to the situation doesn’t mean we can’t start talking about it. God has given me a passion for mental health advocacy but for some reason, throughout my entire life I have never heard a sermon on the issue. Wake up, church!"

"The president said, “But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.” While we welcome that declaration, it too is but a bridge statement. We have got to cross over that settled debate and go somewhere."

"Children’s faiths are constantly being shaped and formed by the people around them and by the answers they get to important questions. If we cannot articulate our faith in a way that a child can understand, then we have a failure in communication."

"When we portray a life that is always high on presence and never candid enough to struggle with the absence, we fill the air with more pollution than a diesel tractor. ... Eventually, its expectations crush the soul."