All the United States, it is a society that is split like to the bottom, that had very poor people in the country that is one of the wealthiest countries.

People are killed because they're gay. I don't think, "What do I want to do today? I want to speak up on gay rights." No. It's God catching me by my neck. I wish I could keep quiet about the plight of the Palestinians. I can't!

The leaders that the world admires seem almost all to be people who haven't had things quite so smooth or easy in their lives.

In most, when you go to church, most churches when they have images of the good shepherd, they show Jesus carrying a nice fluffy lamb. Now fluffy little lambs don't stray from their mommy's. The sheep that will stray is the most obstreperous, troublesome one.

Without forgiveness, there is no future.

In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.

The destruction of the earth’s environment is the human rights challenge of our time.