God is the utterly loving giver. God doesn't just love. God is love.

The goal of pursuit of justice must not simply be that justice happens but that reconciliation also happens.

If evangelism isn't an expression of love of neighbor, it isn't Christian evangelizing. And love of neighbor includes not only what I say to the neighbor but how I say that.

Theology is not only about understanding the world; it is about mending the world.

Forgiveness flounders because I exclude the enemy from the community of humans and myself from the community of sinners.

If you take the 'love your enemy' out of Christianity, you've 'unChristianed' the Christian faith.

Christ came to transform us from never enough people - to more than enough people; that through his poverty we may become rich.

For many Americans, Osama bin Laden is the paradigmatic Muslim, an absurd conviction for anyone who has lived with Muslims.

We lead our lives well when we love God with our whole being and when we love neighbors as we (properly) love ourselves.

In a way, fraud in business is no different from infidelity in marriage or plagiarism in scholarly work. Even people committed to high moral standards succumb.

If we can exit a relationship, pressure to reconcile lessens; if we must live with those who have wronged us, we are pushed to reconcile.

Words are a puzzle put them together the right way and you get something beautiful.

People in that crowd want to make poverty history, but NOT if they have to pay for it themselves

The mind defines, decides, doubts and divides - only the heart truly binds.

The moment of realization is: When what you thought you couldn't be without, becomes a part of the past, rather than the start of the future.

The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.

I've been composing music all my life and if I'd been clever enough at school I would like to have gone to music college.

Instrument flying is an unnatural act probably punishable by God.

If I play you a piece of music, that's when you can truly look inside me.

Cheap meat is the problem. The answer is to replace meat recipes with vegan meals.

When Daddy goes to work, there's a mouth to feed, a point to life and a reason to do things