I do not read a book; I hold a conversation with the author.

Heaven: The Coney Island of the Christian imagination.

A legal or religious ceremony by which two persons of the opposite sex solemnly agree to harass and spy on each other... until death do them join.

In these days, a man who says a thing cannot be done is quite apt to be interrupted by some idiot doing it.

Prophecy - To observe that which has passed, and guess it will happen again.

Seeing with better eyes We can recognize that the offender is a valuable human being who struggles with the same needs, pressures, and confusions that we struggle with. We will recognize that the incident really may not have been about us in the first place. Instead it was about the wrongdoer's misguided attempt to meet his or her own needs. As we regard offenders from this point of view (regardless of whether they repent and regardless of what they have done or suffered), we will be in a position to forgive them.

If it was woman who put man out of Paradise, it is still woman, and woman only, who can lead him back.