Angels are wonderful and exciting, and they have the appeal of beings who will take care of us and manifest God's personal concern.

My songs will pass and be forgotten. What counts, however, is that I sang them.

I don't think Jesus was an exclusivist. He said, and we believe, that He is the unique representation of God in the world. But that doesn't mean this is the only way God can work.

There is good news in the data the strongest support for priests is to be found among the younger generation.

Survey data suggest that war has become more unpopular. The majority of the American people now think it was a mistake, in a shift away from the 51 percent that endorsed it on Election Day. Admittedly this is only a small change in the population, from a majority to a minority. Nor do the changers earn grace for their new opinions. They still endorsed the war on Election Day and are still responsible for it.

One cannot escape the harsh fact that as a ministerial profession, the priesthood has very serious problems. They are not new. They did not develop yesterday or last year.

Search for the perfect church if you will; when you find it, join it, and realize that on that day it becomes something less than perfect.