In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies.

As long as we fail to face up to the past and deal with it accordingly, the future will smack of corruption.

Instead of separation and division, all distinctions make for a rich diversity to be celebrated for the sake of the unity that underlies them. We are different so that we can know our need of one another.

You don't have to be smart or anything. The fire warms you.

I am because other people are.

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.

The truth of who we are is that we are because we belong.