We have a relational problem with those who are suffering or who are different from us. All of us are most comfortable around people who are like us culturally and economically.

The question becomes not just how to accumulate more, but how to covet less.

There is nothing more sickening than talking about poverty over a fancy dinner.

The more I travel, the more I see how important it is to each population to see that their history of the good and the bad is remembered by others.

I believe you know Jesus said "a doctor doesn't come to the healthy, but the sick, and it's not the righteous but the sinners that I've come for," so I think that that's the scandal of God's love and grace that no one is beyond redemption, and we can see that all through scripture, you know.

Jesus taught us a prayer of community and reconciliation, belonging to a new people who have left the land of 'me'.

You can't really learn God's hope like you learn the logic of an argument or the details of a story. It's more like learning to belly laugh. You catch hope from someone who has it down in their gut.