“I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people.”

“Redemption is possible, and it is the measure of a civilized society.”

“You stand with the least likely to succeed until success is succeeded by something more valuable: kinship. You stand with the belligerent, the surly and the badly behaved until bad behavior is recognized for the language it is: the vocabulary of the deeply wounded and of those whose burdens are more than they can bear.”

“I always have a funny story at communion time that underscores that no one is perfect, and that communion is not for perfect people but for hungry people.”

“I love movies.”