I can’t imagine a calling that was more exciting than being a local church pastor!

Collegeville Institute, Lives Explored Video Project, July 21, 2015

Be active in the community and don’t leave your faith behind. Bring all the deep resources of your faith to bear on these matters of public concern.

Collegeville Institute Fellows Program, March 23, 2015

In my admittedly biased opinion, the church–however broken it is–is also a place of deep community, compassion, and sharing. It’s a place where we can be vulnerable and, in the best churches, be held and affirmed in our humanity, whether or not we have it all together.

Outbeat Radio News, December 28, 2014

A knee-jerk response to violence is to lock doors and close in out of fear. What I’d like to do is help folks claim the power to do something else, to respond with hope and concern for one another rather than isolating out of fear.

St. Paul Pioneer Press, December 30, 2013

“Open and Affirming” is an example of the sort of new heart and new spirit that’s taking root in this place. Members of this church, people in this community, are starting to realize that the way forward, the way of life, the way the church will continue, is to reach out and embrace people, no matter who they are or where they are on life’s journey. I think it’s one of the reasons we’ve been growing.

PBS’s To the Contrary with Bonnie Erbé, October 11, 2013

That’s the place where I became Christian. To hear about the vote made me feel the pain all over again of whether I really belong there. It feels like they’re revoking my baptism.

Great Falls Tribune, February 19, 2010

Churches that are growing and making a difference are looking outward, finding where people are suffering, where God is leading.

South Washington County Bulletin, February 14, 2010