Forgiveness says you are given another chance to make a new beginning.

It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela.

Ubuntu really says if you want to be nice to yourself, start in a way by being nice to the other.

God says, 'You know what? I don't have anybody else... except you.'

Love is universal. You don't have to tell somebody that loving is better than hating. You don't have to believe in God to know that stealing is bad. All of God's children and their different faiths help to realize the immensity of God. No faith contains the whole truth about God. And certainly Christians don't have a corner on God. All of us belong to God.

We are all afflicted by original sin; people succumbing to temptations to do and to be.

We are made for goodness. We are made for love. We are made for friendliness. We are made for togetherness. We are made for all of the beautiful things that you and I know. We are made to tell the world that there are no outsiders. All are welcome: black, white, red, yellow, rich, poor, educated, not educated, male, female, gay, straight, all, all, all. We all belong to this family, this human family, God's family.