Retributive justice is one that says clobber him or clobber her because they clobbered me. So it emphasizes punishment.

If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn’t worship that God.

Many people would be surprised that, in fact, I'm quite shy.

The way sometimes we preach we make out that God is waiting eagerly to catch us out. It's not that way at all. I mean, it is extraordinary because it almost is as if God in fact wills us also to sin, but that is not true.

Once lost, trust can only be regained if we are as good as our word.

Naming a center after a person who is still alive can make it seem that an individual somehow on their own was able to accomplish what he accomplished.

Because there is global insecurity, nations are engaged in a mad arms race, spending billions of dollars wastefully on instruments of destruction, when millions are starving. And yet, just a fraction of what is expended so obscenely on defense budgets would make the difference in enabling God's children to fill their stomachs, be educated, and given the chance to lead fulfilled and happy lives.