Quotes about Inclusivity

Go figure out what this Scripture means: 'I'm after mercy, not religion.' I'm here to invite outsiders, not coddle insiders.

Congregation is composed of people, who, upon entering a church, leave behind what people on the street name or call them. A church can never be reduced to a place where goods and services are exchanged. It must never be a place where a person is labeled. It can never be a place where gossip is perpetuated. Before anything else, it is a place where a person is named and greeted, whether implicitly or explicitly, in Jesus's name. A place where dignity is conferred.

I had escaped the snare of certitude that I welcomed so avidly at first and entered, via the name of Jesus, the wide and comprehensive company of Jesus.

There are those who argue that the public celebration of festivals such as Christmas should be discouraged, in the questionable belief that it might somehow offend those of other religions or none.

The Church is not a gallery for the exhibition of eminent Christians, but a school for the education of imperfect ones.

We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more.

We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters more." - Bill Clinton

I'm going to fight to bring us all together as Americans.

People with handicaps teach me that being is more important than doing, the heart is more important than the mind, and caring together is better than caring alone.

I am the entire human race compacted together. I have found that there is no ingredient of the race which I do not possess in either a small way or a large way.

Music has no borders, no race or color, no limits of country, no ethnicity. Music makes the people come together. Dance it,Dance all.

There is one river of Truth which receives tributaries from every side.