The act of tattooing one's skin was a tranformative declaration of power, an announcment to the world: I am in control of my own flesh.

Forgiveness is God's greatest gift

It's the age-old battle between mind and heart, which seldom want the same thing.

Medicine, electronic communications, space travel, genetic manipulation . . . these are the miracles about which we now tell our children. These are the miracles we herald as proof that science will bring us the answers. The ancient stories of immaculate conceptions, burning bushes, and parting seas are no longer relevant. God has become obsolete. Science has won the battle.

God answers all prayers, but sometimes his answer is 'no'.

The only difference between you and God is that you have forgotten you are divine.

Those who truly understand their faiths understand the stories are metaphorical.