Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.

We see a decline of civility, and, sadly, it’s often modeled by the very people from whom we have the least right to expect it.

By ourselves we suffer serious limitations. Together we can be something wonderful.

We need to give each other the space to grow, to be ourselves, to exercise our diversity. We need to give each other space so that we may both give and receive such beautiful things as ideas, openness, dignity, joy, healing, and inclusion.

In the end, it is important to remember that we cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are.

To be a leader means, especially, having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.

When trust permeates a ministry, great things are possible, not the least of which is an opportunity to reach the ministry's potential.