I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.
John Shelby SpongPraying and living deeply, richly and fully have become for me almost indistinguishab le. Prayer is being present, sharing love, opening life to transcendence. It is not necessarily words addressed heavenward. Prayer is entering into the pain or joy of another person. Prayer is what I am doing when I love wastefully, passionately and wondrously and invite others to do so.
John Shelby SpongMy sense is if the Episcopal Church can't stand challenge within its own ranks, then it is not a church I would want to be a member of anyway.
John Shelby SpongI've never met anybody who was helped by being told how wretched, miserable and sinful they are.
John Shelby Spong