Absolute hospitality would in no way amount to the absence of violence. To the contrary, it would enthrone violence precisely under the guise of nonviolence because it would leave the violators unchanged and the consequences of violence unremedied.

The significance of the crucifixion is not only what God does for us; consistently throughout the New Testament the crucifixion is portrayed as the pattern that we are to follow. It is a model of social behavior toward the other as well as a statement about what God has done for us.

We lead our lives well when we love God with our whole being and when we love neighbors as we (properly) love ourselves.

To triumph fully, evil needs two victories, not one. The first victory happens when an evil deed is perpetrated; the second victory, when evil is returned. After the first victory, evil would die if the second victory did not infuse it with new life.

The goal of pursuit of justice must not simply be that justice happens but that reconciliation also happens.

There is no space in which worship should not take place, no time when it should not occur, and no activity through which it should not happen.

Christ came to transform us from never enough people - to more than enough people; that through his poverty we may become rich.