Faced with what seems like an impossible task, a group of folks will do well to remember the African proverb: When spider webs unite they can tie up a lion.

The ultimate expression of generosity is not in giving of what you have, but in giving of who you are.

What you give ought to be in direct relationship to what you've received. If you have been blessed with a great deal, then you have a lot of giving to do.

The woman who bore me is no longer alive, but I seem to be her daughter in increasingly profound ways.

if we center our lives on BMWs, RVs, VCRs, PCs and the other acronyms of consumerism, we cannot expect our children to do otherwise.

the trouble with a woman standing behind her man is that she can't see where she is going!

The histories of the poor and the powerless are as important as those of their conquerors, their colonizers, their kings and queens.