The way sometimes we preach we make out that God is waiting eagerly to catch us out. It's not that way at all. I mean, it is extraordinary because it almost is as if God in fact wills us also to sin, but that is not true.

Forgiveness and reconciliation are not just ethereal, spiritual, other-worldly activities. They have to do with the real world. They are realpolitik, because in a very real sense, without forgiveness, there is no future.

Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction, when millions are starving. And yet, just a fraction of what is expended so obscenely on defense budgets would make the difference in enabling God's children to fill their stomachs, be educated, and given the chance to lead fulfilled and happy lives.

Mother Teresa, you could say many things about her, but certainly you would not say she was macho. Anything but.

Stability and peace in our land will not come from the barrel of a gun, because peace without justice is an impossibility.

Isn't it amazing that we are all made in God's image, and yet there is so much diversity among his people?

The moment our dignity is undermined, we get up in arms and want to see our dignity restored - especially if we are humiliated.