But with Christ, we have access in a one-to-one relationship, for, as in the Old Testament, it was more one of worship and awe, a vertical relationship. The New Testament, on the other hand, we look across at a Jesus who looks familiar, horizontal. The combination is what makes the Cross.

Jesus, Jesus help me. I'm alone in this world.

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what's happening in Africa, and if we're honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.

Sometimes religion gets in the way of God.

Feelings are much stronger than thoughts. We are all led by instinct, and our intellect catches up later

What I like about pop music, and why I'm still attracted to it, is that in the end it becomes our folk music.

I will admit that we are attracted to issues that unify people rather than divide them.