We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.

Some people are able to use Bible as a means of opposing injustice, whereas others are able to find justification.

Forgiveness is taking seriously the awfulness of what has happened when you are treated unfairly. Forgiveness is not pretending that things are other than the way they are.

We are each made for goodness, love and compassion. Our lives are transformed as much as the world is when we live with these truths.

And every human being is precious.

Out of the cacophony of random suffering and chaos that can mark human life, the life artist sees or creates a symphony of meaning and order. A life of wholeness does not depend on what we experience. Wholeness depends on how we experience our lives.

Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another.