I certainly know that I would not be able to survive if it were not for the fact that I am being upheld by the prayers of so many people.

Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional.

There are two forms of justice. There is what is called retributive justice and there is restorative justice.

Forgiveness does not mean condoning what has been done. It means taking what happened seriously...drawing out the sting in the memory that threatens our entire existence.

We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when we look back, when we say, '...we shouldn't have done that.' We must remember, my friends, that we have been given a wonderful cause. The cause of freedom! And you and I must be those who will walk with heads held high. We will say, 'We used methods that can stand the harsh scrutiny of history.'

Retributive justice is one that says clobber him or clobber her because they clobbered me. So it emphasizes punishment.

Each person is a V.S.P. (a Very Special Person) because we are each created in the image of God.