Quotes about Unity

We do not pray to tell God what he does not know, nor to remind him of things he has forgotten. He already cares for the things we pray about... He has simply been waiting for us to care about them with him.

The kingdom of suffering is a democracy, and we all stand in it or alongside it with nothing but our naked humanity.

We do not give up on the institution of family because of its imperfections-why give up on the church?

Grace has its own power, even in international politics.

A healthy family builds up the weakest members while not tearing down the strong.

The phrase "the body of Christ," expresses well what we are called to do: to represent in flesh what Christ is like, especially to those in need. The

for the resulting chasms of ungrace there is only one remedy: the frail rope-bridge of forgiveness

The healthiest body is the one that feels the pain of its weakest parts.

what about grace? How rare to find a church competing to "out-grace" its rivals.

In the study of scientific atheism, there was the idea that religion divides people. Now we see the opposite: love for God can only unite.

It occurs to me, in fact, that laughter has much in common with prayer. In both acts, we stand on equal ground, freely acknowledging ourselves as fallen creatures. We take ourselves less seriously. We think of our creatureliness. Work divides and ranks; laughter and prayer unite. Finding God in Unexpected Places(245

If God's kingdom had a "No Oddballs Allowed" sign posted, none of us could get in.