Some people believe the alternative to bad religion is secularism, but that's wrong . . . . The answer to bad religion is better religion--prophetic rather than partisan, broad and deep instead of narrow, and based on values as opposed to ideology.

Spirituality becomes a commodity to be bought and sold. So spirituality has to be disciplined by social justice.

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them.

The people who have more money and goods than any people in the history of the world spend most of their time worrying about not having enough.

More than just a moral issue, hope is a spiritual and even religious choice. Hope is not a feeling; it is a decision. And the decision for hope is based on what you believe at the deepest levels - what your most basic convictions are about the world and what the future holds - all based on your faith. You choose hope, not as a naive wish, but as a choice, with your eyes wide open to the reality of the world - just like the cynics who have not made the decision for hope.

We have got some mountains to move. Three billion people - half of God's children - are living on less than $2 a day.

It's hope as a decision that makes change possible.