There’s nothing quite as disturbing as watching those who claim to follow Jesus mock and dehumanize the very people Jesus loved and even the kind of people exhibiting the same characteristics he did, like being a man who freely expressed emotions and cried. Jesus said...
Whenever one person stands up and says, "Wait a minute--this is wrong," it helps other people to do the same.
The world is always going to be dangerous, and people get badly banged up, but how can there be more meaning than helping one another stand up in a wind and stay warm?
It is by standing up for the rights of girls and women that we truly measure up as men.
Anything that annoys you is teaching you patience.Anyone who abandons you is teaching you how to stand up on your own two feet.Anything that angers you is teaching you forgiveness and compassion.Anything that has power over you is teaching you how to take your power...
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.