People were scandalized that he ate with sinners. But he continued to widen the circle. Faith was the key for him, not the ability to live up to the greatest number of rules.

Tickets to Draw the Circle Wide: Songs of Justice and Inclusion are $20 for adults, $15 for students and senior citizens online at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door.

I recently shared several passages from a sermon my dear friend Rev. Shannon Daley-Harris, who served the Children’s Defense Fund for 30 years, preached at Princeton University Chapel titled “Draw ...

My plea is that as we live our lives, offer our gifts and develop policy, we “draw the circle wide.” Marcia E. Nelson is a long-term resident of Champaign.