Most citizens viewing the tape of Rodney G. King being beaten by police officers were stunned and uncomprehending. Most citizens, that is, but the urban poor.
You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done.
Ours is a God who waits. So who are we not to?
I didn't take my vows to the LAPD.
Richard Rohr is a theologian that I read.
I have a lot of people in my life, and I think there's something key: the thing that leads to intimacy and relationship and connection is tenderness.