We lose our right to be surprised that California has the highest recidivism rate in the country if we refuse to hire folks who have taken responsibility for their crimes and have done their time.
The mark of our society as civilized will come when we embrace confidence in the power of redemption.
Relapse happens, especially when you're dealing with folks who are frankly the least likely to succeed based on their own pasts and difficulties. We can work with the most likely to succeed. I'm not interested in that.
I don't save people. God saves people. I can point them in the right direction. I can say, 'There's that door. I think if you walked through it, you'd be happier than you are.'
Does God feel like that same-sex marriage could happen? I don't think anybody who has a connection to God and God's understanding and depth of compassion who's gonna say 'no.'
The business of second chances is everybody's business.
Showing up in the lives of children is everything.
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.
Richard Rohr is a theologian that I read.
I didn't take my vows to the LAPD.
Ours is a God who waits. So who are we not to?
You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done.
