Christians have no business thinking that the good life consists mainly in not doing bad things. We have no business thinking that to do evil in this world you have to be a Bengal tiger, when, in fact, it is enough to be a tame tabby—a nice person but not a good one. In short, Pentecost makes it clear that nothing is so fatal to Christianity as indifference.

Only reverence can restrain violence - reverence for human life and the environment.

We are not loved because we are valued; we are valued because we are loved.

All of life is the exercise of risk.

Love is in the giver, not the gift.

Without love, violence will change the world; it will change it into a more violent one.

For Christians, the problem is not how to reconcile homosexuality with scriptural passages that condemn it, but how to reconcile the rejection and punishment of homosexuals with the love of Christ.