Kinship of creation is the theological insight that we are fellow creatures with all of God’s creation, uniquely loved and valued by God.

The distinction between creation and nature is an important one when we discuss the integrity of nature from the Franciscan tradition.

Compassion flourishes when we have nothing to protect and everything to share.

Every act of love is a new beginning, a new creation. To live compassionately is to believe in a love greater than ourselves yet intimately present to us

If we truly believe that matter is holy, then we must act to make Christ alive as oneness-in-love.

Trust in God requires not the felt experience of God but the handing over of one’s life to God in darkness and silence, realizing that one’s life is not one’s own but belongs entirely to God.