Every time I take a step in the direction of generosity, I know I am moving from fear to love.

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.

Somehow, somewhere, I know that God loves me, even though I do not feel that love as I can feel a human embrace, even though I do not hear a voice as I hear human words...God is greater than my senses, greater than my thoughts, greater than my heart. I do believe that He touches me in places that are unknown even to myself.

Trust that the treasure we look for is hidden in the ground on which we stand.

I've had a tremendous problem with depression in my life. I'd rather not talk about it, because it's over. But depression is real.

The best of community does give one a deep sense of belonging and well-being; and in that sense community takes away loneliness.

In the face of the oppressed I recognize my own face, and in the hands of the oppressor I recognize my own hands. Their flesh is my flesh, their blood is my blood, their pain is my pain, their smile is my smile.