I am going to judge my circumstances by Jesus’ love, not Jesus’ love by my circumstances.

If Jesus rose from the dead, then you have to accept all he said.

How do you change your behavior? Change what you worship

We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that. By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need - regardless of race, politics, class, and religion - is your neighbour. Not everyone is your brother or sister in faith, but everyone is your neighbour, and you must love your neighbour.

Easter means that Christmas worked.

There is a direct relationship between a person's grasp and experience of God's grace, and his or her heart for justice and the poor.

Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us.