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.

Ultimately, suffering is always political with all kinds of justifications - there are those who justify Israel's occupation of land as being a fulfillment of what God had promised.

Most of the leading figures of the Old Testament were polygamists. Abraham had several wives and concubines. If they wanted, they could say this was approved in the Bible.

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.'

Without memory, there is no healing. Without forgiveness, there is no future.

How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?

The world needs a revolution led by women.