God would come down and lead us out of bondage. And God led us out of bondage.

Suffering is part and parcel of the human condition, but suffering can either embitter or ennoble us. It can ennoble us and become a spirituality of transformation when we find meaning in it.

Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity - or because of their sexual orientation.

God is not a diversion.

I'm so thankful a significant majority of Americans are saying no to military intervention. We've got to find a solution that will in the end be one that makes Syria a better country, a better people.

People united in pursuit of a righteous cause are unstoppable

We must be ready to learn from one another, not claiming that we alone possess all truth and that somehow we have a corner on God.