Whatever the reasons, when forgiveness happens it is always a miracle of grace. The obstacles in its way are immense

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

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

Some Jews and Muslims accuse Christians of being idolatrous for believing in the Trinity. My response to both groups is that they fundamentally misunderstand the Christian understanding of the Trinity.

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.

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.

Love properly understood is God—the font of all creation and the ultimate goal of all desires; God properly understood is love.