Quotes about Inclusivity

Kindness is a language heard by deaf men and felt by blind men.

I believe that everyone, regardless of their beliefs, deserves the dignity of being called by their name.

He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

And I would just plead in passing—children, young people, and adults—see people with disabilities. And I don't mean see them like the priest and the Levite on the Jericho Road, passing by on the other side. This is our natural reflex—see and avoid. But we are not natural people. We are followers of Jesus. We have the Spirit of Jesus in our hearts. We have been seen and touched in all our brokenness by an attentive, merciful Savior.

The truth is, no one of us can be free until everybody is free.

From the beginning, our community has been focused on people outside of Christianity. But that emphasis means that a lot of hard work is represented in every person who is baptized.

Indigenous people have discovered that Christianity is not inherently Western but universal - 'translatable' into any cultural idiom.

the kingdom of God largely exists for the sake of outsiders, as a tangible expression of God's love for all.

Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.

There can be in the eyes of God no distinction between man and man, even as there is no distinction between animal and animal.

The flood of love will fill all the containers to the fullest, but some containers will be larger than others.

But if it is life alone that dies, love is born, which is the innermost part of the spirit. It is the most mature and most precious fruit of the life that sacrifices itself. Love breaks out of the prison of individualism and nationalist stupidity. Love goes to another person, even one with a different language or of a different race, and returns from him richer.