Los Angeles [06.13-06.15]

Angel, 17, Catholic, student, strong independent Latino in a gang- and violence-filled society

A lot of people just look at me and see my baggy pants and think "Oh there's just another hoodlum" or whatever, and not know that I'm religious.

But I'm religious because I just love God.

Sally, old-enough-to-know-better and too-old-to-care, liturgical Anglo-Catholic, financial advisor, unpaid conservator and church administrator, frenzied

What people need to hear is yes that God loves them but also that he has expectations of them. Social engineering and secular messages will not save their eternal soul.