“Great sermon helped me to reflect on scape goats, forgiveness, revenge and the messiness of community. .. where I referenced this sermon. Thanks! Keep preaching the damn Gospel!”

Lead us in a few words of silent prayer.

You guys line up alphabetically by height.

You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.

I’m the football coach around here and don’t you remember it.

Just remember the words of Patrick Henry – ‘Kill me or let me live.’

The Frankfurt Galaxy( The NFL Europe team) always had tremendous success, at that time there were 2,000 American football clubs in Europe playing the game from juniors through to adults.

The emerging whole manifests locally. It manifests in particular communities, groups, and, ultimately, in us as individuals.

The people came to fear even their closest neighbors. At the level of the individual, the community, and the nation, people sought signs of others’ ill intentions; and everywhere they looked, they found them, for this is what looking does.

Saddam Hussein has been brutal against his people, but when he was committing those crimes, the international community did not come to the rescue of the Iraqis.

Refugees of all kinds were constantly fleeing from Christendom to the Islamic lands. Jews of course and Muslims of course, but even some Christians and the movement of refugees went overwhelmingly that way.

Muslims have their own tradition on limited government. Now in Islam, there is a very strong political tradition. Because the different circumstances, Islam is political from the very beginning.

If we dwell in a community that is comfortable, then it’s probably not broad enough a coalition.

The international community would like to see an agreement in Libya before Ramadan, let me be very cautious about the possibilities for an agreement.

I came up in the community center. I used to be physical director of the South Central Community Center in Chicago on 83rd. It’s still there. It used to be around there when I was a kid.