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" God seems to be an unwilling participant in our efforts to pigeonhole Him. "
Greg Boyle
Him
God
Our
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" The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them. "
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" We are among the handful of countries that has difficulty distinguishing juveniles from adults where crime is concerned. We are convinced that if a child commits an adult crime, that kid is magically transformed into an adult. Consequently, we try juveniles as adults. "
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" I want to be prophetic and take stands and stand with those on the margins, and I want to laugh as much as I can. "
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" Richard Rohr is a theologian that I read. "
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Read
" The draconian spirit that seeks to enhance penalties and to lower the age at which juveniles will be tries as adults, is part of the 'whole cloth' of three strikes. Our failure to address the depair of our inner-city youth is only delayed by our over-confidence in a stance that is 'tougher than thou.' "
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Will
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" I'm not always optimistic, but I am hopeful. "
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I Am
Optimistic
" Metro police can't infuse hope into those for whom hope is foreign. The algorithm does not exist that can heal the traumatized. Data-driven predictions won't result in the delivery of mental health services. "
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" Me wanting a gang member to have a different life would never be the same as that gang member wanting to have one. "
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Same
Life
Me
" I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people. "
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Story
People
Funny
" I've never met an evil person ever. "
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Evil
Never
Person
" I work with gang members, and I feel a kind of affinity and gift, even. But who would've thunk it, you know? I mean, I didn't anticipate it. "
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Feel
Know
Kind
" People have to see that there is a high degree of complexity about belonging to a gang. It's a symptom, not a problem. "
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Problem
People
Gang
" At its best, an injunction creates a kind of vigilant heat that moves kids toward the light. "
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Vigilant
Light
Best
" My church is in the detention facilities where I preside and celebrate the Eucharist. To me that's the church. That's the people of God. "
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God
Church
Celebrate
" We don't need a specialized gang unit. We need patrol officers who specialize in knowing their community. "
Greg Boyle
Need
Who
Knowing
" No kid is seeking anything when he joins a gang; he's always fleeing something. He's not being pulled; he's being pushed by the circumstances in which he finds himself. "
Greg Boyle
Always
He
Kid
" We need the disruption of categories that lead us to abandon the difficult, the disagreeable, and the least likely to go very far. "
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Disruption
Go
Difficult
" 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. "
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Police Officers
King
Poor
" God can get tiny if we're not careful. "
Greg Boyle
Tiny
Careful
Get
" We are less than honest and commit a grave error if we insist that what happened to Rodney G. King was isolated and an exceptional case. The poor know better. "
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Honest
King
Know
" I think that any program that's born from below rather than on high is going to survive. "
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Than
Born
Going
" Don't forget, you are the hero of your own story. "
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Forget
Your
You
" Dorothy Day, Cesar Chavez - these are people whose thoughts are so important. "
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Important
Day
People
" The truth is this: Brutalized, victimized children invariably will brutalize and victimize when they grow up. Is our only response to this the certain promise that we will penalize them when they do? Or will we commit to keeping our children safe from brutality and victimization? "
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Truth Is
Grow Up
Grow
" Jesus did not only serve the needs of the people, but truly hoped that the people and Jesus would be one. "
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Needs
Did
Serve
" I feel called to be faithful. "
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Faithful
Feel
I Feel
" Abject poverty, political instability, torture, and other abuses push thousands across our border. There is not a deterrent imaginable that equals the conditions that force their migration. "
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Political
Torture
Push
" If you are paying attention, then the day is going to be pretty joyful, and a lot of delight will fill it. "
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Going
You
Will
" We can't get at crime unless we know what language it speaks. Otherwise, we are just suppressing the cough, not curing the disease. "
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Know
Just
Crime