Greg Boyle

Notable Quotes



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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Even gang members imagine a future that doesn't include gangs.

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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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You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear.

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I have never seen a hopeful person join a gang.

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You are exactly what God had in mind when he made you.

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You are so much more than the worst thing you've ever done.

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The margins don't get erased by simply insisting that the powers-that-be erase them.

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God seems to be an unwilling participant in our efforts to pigeonhole Him.

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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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