“… Thinking about justice, talking about peace, debating public policy, and working for social change are important … but not as a substitute for the very personal choice to “prepare him room” in our hearts, so that (as the saying goes) we can be the change we want to see in the world.

… how can there be political transformation in the external world of thorns, sins, and sorrow if our inner lives don’t become the manger into which hope, healing, empowerment, love, and joy are born?”

– Brian McLaren, The Politics of Joy