It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.

It is not because we have value that we are loved, but because we are loved that we have value. Our value is a gift, not an achievement.

It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, "Let justice roll down like mighty waters," and quite another to work out the irrigation system.

We have sold our birthright of freedom and justice for a mess of national security.

Hope is a state of mind independent of the state of the world. If your heart's full of hope, you can be persistent when you can't be optimistic. You can keep the faith despite the evidence, knowing that only in so doing has the evidence any chance of changing. So while I'm not optimistic, I'm always very hopeful.

The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman.

God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourishes itself on the blood of sinners. But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can be spiritually devastating.