The real measure of our power is the freedom and opportunity we create for others.

The more isolated and disconnected we are, the more shattered and distorted our self-identity. We are not healthy when we are alone. We find ourselves when we connect to others. Without community we don't know who we are... When we live outside of healthy community, we not only lose others. We lose ourselves...Who we understand ourselves to be is dramatically affected for better or worse by those we hold closest to us.

The person who loves the process has a much greater chance of success than the person who loves the outcome.

It is insanity to run from God and search for love.

I am convinced most Americans - yes even white Americans - are committed to justice and equality for all people. I am convinced that most Americans are disgusted and even ashamed that Nazism is alive and well in this country that fought to defeat its evil ideology.

Behind real freedom, there lies discipline.

Sin creates the illusion of freedom. In the end it fools us into seeking freedom from God rather than finding freedom in God.