I think my idea of God was much more directive than my idea of God now, that is, a God who had one plan in mind for me, perhaps, and my job was to find out what it was and obey.

The only real difference between Anxiety and Excitement was my willingness to let go of Fear.

The boundaries became constrictive in what I was doing, and if my faith grew, it was because I pressed some of the boundaries in ways I hadn't felt comfortable or responsible doing that before.

To be fully human is perhaps why I'm Christian, because I see in the life of Jesus a way of being fully human.

I didn't want to be a priest. I wanted to do the work that priests do, and that required becoming a priest.

I don't miss the ministry, because I'm completely engaged in it. In terms of parish ministry, I miss the intimacy with a group of people.

I began to get notes from people saying they were sorry to hear I'd left ministry. And for a while, I halfway believed they were right, that I'd left.