Jesus could weep. Sometimes when you look at the ugliness that makes you weep, you know that the heart of God is also weeping. Jesus is for real. He does not give up on anyone, least of all on me.

It always comes back to our insecurities, as we say, "Oh, I'm not as good as you." So instead of accepting that perhaps I am not as good as someone else in some ways and being comfortable with who I am as I am, I spend all my time denigrating you, trying to cut you down to my self-perceived size. The sad problem is that we see ourselves as being quite terribly small. Instead of spending my time being envious, I need to celebrate your and my different gifts, even if mine are perhaps less spectacular than yours.

Forgiveness is not generally something that you find as a coin to be used by politicians.

When we hear a story of the abuse of a child or the abuse of women almost all people are appalled by instances of that kind.

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

But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next.

One day we'll wake up and discover we are family.