A hard heart makes for hard judgments; a compassionate heart understands the humanity of the one we presume to judge.

Humility is authenticity. It comes from the Latin word humus, meaning "earth." As the church has taught, we're made of dust, and unto dust we shall return.

Anger is not bad. Anger can be a very positive thing, the thing that moves us beyond the acceptance of evil.

Fear is not the opposite of courage. Fear is the catalyst of courage.

The spiritual response is too often a simplistic one: we abandon God or we blame God for abandoning us.

We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is

Hope is not a matter of waiting for things outside of us to get better. It is about getting better inside about what is going on outside.