Quotes About Inclusion

A surface separates inside from out and belongs no less to one than the other.

How do we stand with others when the things that separate us are imposed at birth, when the separation haunts us and follows us day and night?

THINGS JESUS NEVER SAID: You should come with me to church.

We tend to collect people with similar life journeys for that very reason; they make us feel like we have a tribe.

Where there's no story, there's no engagement.

In the churches I used to go to, I felt like I didn't fit in... I was accepted but not understood. There was room at the table for me, but I was not part of the family.

Managing diversity means treating everyone, not equally, but equitably.

The group mind was such (private jokes and bemusement, everyone clustered round vacation videos on the iPhone) that it was hard to imagine any of them going to a movie by themselves or eating alone at a bar; sometimes, the affable sense of committee among the men particularly gave me the slight feeling of being interviewed for a job.

Certainly, families like Harriet's (and Hely's) would not tolerate for one moment brick-throwing at children white or black ("or purple," as Edie was fond of piping up in any discussion about skin color). And yet there Harriet was, at the all-white school.

When a butler or doorman or usher would enter the room, the Trumans would introduce him to whoever happened to be sitting in the room, even if it were a King or a Prime Minister. They introduced all the staff to their visitors—something I'd never seen the Roosevelts do.

If a man is straight, there is no reason for him to feel threatened by a gay man.

The biggest kick I get is to communicate with those who are exiled from the game - in hospitals, homes, prisons - those who have seldom seen a game, who can't travel to a game, those who are blind.

Successful people speak words of inclusion rather than words of separation, words of acceptance rather than words of rejection, and words of tolerance rather than words of prejudice.

Whoever welcomes children in my name welcomes me. Mark 9:37 My

Remember our proud history of social justice, universal health care, public pensions and making sure no one is left behind. Let's continue to move forward.

This need not be the case. When Christians read the Bible through the lens of Jesus' gracious life and ministry, they will be able to see lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as their sisters and brothers, faced with all the usual human problems, and loved equally by God.

When we recognize that all of us, of whatever sexual orientation, are created by God, that we are all fallen sinners, and that we can all be redeemed by the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, homosexuality will no longer be a divisive issue.

Jesus himself may have been subject to many of the same slurs as sexual minorities in his culture. The men around him wanted to talk about the law. Instead, Jesus showed that God's grace and love extends to everyone—especially those people who are disenfranchised, overlooked, or forgotten by traditional culture.

The PJC quoted the Confession of 1967: "Congregations, individuals, or groups of Christians who exclude, dominate, or patronize their fellowmen [sic], however subtly, resist the Spirit of God and bring contempt on the faith which they profess.

In the PC(USA) Book of Confessions, A Brief Statement of Faith made explicit the equality of all people: "In sovereign love God created the world good and makes everyone equally in God's image, male and female, of every race and people, to live as one community."60 A Brief Statement of Faith also provided clear confessional warrant for the ordination of women, declaring that the Spirit "calls women and men to all the ministries of the Church.

I love wushu a lot and I would love to see it included in future Olympic Games.

I was bullied until I prevented a new student from being bullied.

No women allowed.' 'I'm not a woman. I'm the boss.

Why were humans so good at not seeing anyone who didn't fit into their vision of how things should be?