God says "This is what I would love you to be, but I am not going to constrain you. I want it to be your choice." And it is a fantastic thing because even at the moment when I am making the choice to reject God, I would depend from moment to moment, you know that beautiful image of God creating by breathing God's breath into this lump of clay, making it a human being.

You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument.

Instead of growing old gracefully, at home with my family - reading and writing and praying and thinking - too much of my time has been spent at airports and in hotels.

I think we have got to put fire under the feet of all kinds of people.

You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.

When you are in love you strive to do the things that will please your lover.

God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion.