“The opposite of poverty is not wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice.”
Bryan Stevenson.

“When we identify where our privilege intersects with someone else’s oppression, we’ll find our opportunities to make real change.”
Ijeoma Oluo.

“Humans show themselves to be religious whenever and wherever they take the questions of human existence seriously, acknowledge that life can have depth and meaning, and make their response to whatever they find ultimate. It is the person who treats human existence as trivial or meaningless, who is non-religious. This means, for example, that the sincere and concerned atheist is more religious than the half-hearted theist or purely nominal Christian.”
Lloyd Geering in Christian Faith at the Crossroads.

“God is not a noun that demands to be defined, God is a verb that invites us to live, to love and to be.” Bishop Spong

“And we have such a treasure as we go about systemic change. The treasure of Jesus the great exemplar of systemic change as he promoted a new way, a new kingdom. Then when we look at Jesus’ preoccupation with and dedication to changing the system from a corrupt oppressive one to the just system he called the realm of god, our system-change-work can take on an even greater meaning, urgency and passion. His freedom from addictions and fetishes allowed him to move progressively out of any addictive trap or addictive box. We can be inspired and try that too.” (A boost to our motivation for systemic change. Forgotten where I got this. Kudos to the author.)

“They said they would bury us. They did not know we were seeds!”
Mexican Proverb.

“But we must tell our stories, and not be ensnared by them.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates: The Water Dancer: p.478.

“Yet the mark of power rightly stewarded is that those with power enable everyone around them
to flourish.” Katelyn Beaty.

“Be still and know that I am God….” Ps 46:10

“The greatest pilgrimage is the one that brings us home to ourselves.”
(John O’ Donohue, Celtic Spiritual Writer, died January 08)

“The end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And to know the place for the first time!”
(T.S. Eliot 1888-1965, poet and playwright)

“I felt in need of a great pilgrimage
So I sat still for three
Days
And God came
To me.”
(Kabir 1440-1518, Indian mystic and poet)