Because you can poke someone's eye out legally doesn't mean you should and that it's right. The Bible teaches us a more perfect justice.

It is the church's responsibility, the government's responsibility, and the personal responsibility of every one of us to love.

When we realize that we are both wretched and beautiful, we are freed up to see others the same way.

We might hope to change the world through better, bigger programs to stop global warming, but global warming will not end unless people become less greedy and less wasteful, gaining a fresh vision of what it means to love our global neighbor.

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

Charity is merely returning what we have stolen.

There's an understanding of common prayer that I think we're seeing grow, more and more. When I travel, I hear from people who are deeply touched that our common prayer takes time to remember some of the terrible tragedies that have happened around the world.