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.

The failure of political leaders to help uplift the poor will be judged a moral failure.

Anyone can love peace, but Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are the peace-lovers." He says �peacemakers.� He is referring to a life vocation, not a hobby on the sidelines of life.

We can find common ground only by moving to higher ground.

Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to reveal a social disaster.

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

Our calling is not only to pull people out of the river, but to go upstream to find out what or who is pushing them in.