Jesus gave us a model for the work of the church at the Last Supper. While his disciples kept proposing more organization - Hey, let's elect officers, establish hierarchy, set standards of professionalism - Jesus quietly picked up a towel and basin of water and began to wash their feet.

Grace is everywhere, like lenses that go unnoticed because you are looking through them.

Only in prayer can we learn to love God with all our heart, mind and soul.

When suffering happens, it forces us to confront life in a different way than we normally do.

One Harlem preacher likens us to the pink plastic spoons at Baskin Robbins: we give the world a foretaste of what lies ahead, the vision of the Biblical prophets. In a world gone astray we should be activity demonstrating here and now God's will for the planet.

Grace means that God already loves us as much as an infinite God can possibly love.

Prayer unfolds in the stillness of the soul.