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The provocative Bono:

…if only we could be a bit more like Him, the world would be transformed. When I look at the Cross of Christ, what I see up there is all my s— and everybody else’s. So I ask myself a question a lot of people have asked: Who is this man? And was He who He said He was, or was He just a religious nut? And there it is, and that’s the question.

Another one of my favorite Bono quotes:

A third of the Earth’s population is incarcerated by poverty. It is, as they say, the drive of the Scriptures. Why isn’t it the drive of the churches?

And last but not least:

I think our age will be remembered for three things - the digital revolution, the war against terror, and what we did, or did not do to put out the fires in Africa. Some say we can’t afford to, I say we can’t afford not to.

Here is a commencement speech he gave to the University of Pennsylvania. Priceless.

Why the post on this? God’s stirring something in me…with this…about poverty…about how rich I am and how little I give. I want to move out of compassion, not out of duty.