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

Children learn about the nature of the world from their family. They learn about power and about justice, about peace and about compassion within the family. Whether we oppress or liberate our children in our relationships with them will determine whether they grow up to oppress and be oppressed or to liberate and be liberated.

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.

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

There are people who go to bed hungry, and that is unconscionable.

It makes no sense to invest in [fossil fuel] companies that undermine our future

The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life.