The way that Russian Orthodox services work generally, and certainly the way that this worked, is that it goes on for hours and hours, and people wander in and wander out, and people talk the whole way through. One of the American women said to the other, "This is so beautiful. I can actually imagine maybe even becoming Orthodox." She went on and on, and finally a Russian seated just in front of her turned and said, "You are not member of church because it is beautiful; you are member of church because it is the single truth of God!"

I have always believed in trying to be a good person and giving to the world, and treating others in a just, kind, merciful way.

Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources.

I don't understand what the nature of God is. But I do have the feeling that I'm at some feet, and lucky to be there.

The way that Russian Orthodox services work generally, and certainly the way that this worked, is that it goes on for hours and hours, and people wander in and wander out, and people talk the whole way through. One of the American women said to the other, "This is so beautiful. I can actually imagine maybe even becoming Orthodox." She went on and on, and finally a Russian seated just in front of her turned and said, "You are not member of church because it is beautiful; you are member of church because it is the single truth of God!"

The absence of words is the absence of intimacy. There are experiences that are starved for language.

Being gay is immutable. Maybe someday we'll figure out more of the science and it will be changeable, but we have no leads so far.