I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.

Stability is why society has an interest in marriage.

When you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view of government.

I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church.

Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.

Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.

Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may be fixed and unchanging, but our comprehension of that truth will always be partial and flawed at best.