Forgiving is love's toughest work, and love's biggest risk.

Any lazy or biased fool can have opinions; making judgments is the hard work of responsible and compassionate people.

Seeing reality for what it is is what we call discernment. The work of discernment is very hard.

At the cross, God was punishing Jesus for the sins of the world. God's justice required a penalty from sinners, and in his unspeakable love, he paid the penalty himself in the person of his crucified Son.

No one really forgives unless he has been hurt.

Our society is pluralistic. We who accept the privilege of membership in that society agree to respect the people's right to live by their own religious precepts.