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

When we have nothing to cling to as our own and cease thinking of ourselves as people who must defend privileges, we can open ourselves freely to others with the faithful expectation that our strength will manifest itself in our shared weakness.

The farther the outward journey takes you, the deeper the inward journey must be.

Forgiveness changes the way we remember.

The Christian leaders of the future have to be theologians, persons who know the heart of God and are trained - through prayer, study, and careful analysis - to manifest the divine event of God's saving work in the midst of the many seemingly random events of their time.

We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation. Because only when we fully realize that the cup of life is not only a cup of sorrow but also a cup of joy will we be able to drink it.

The main question is not, how can we hide our wounds...but how can we put our woundedness in service to others.