[Kindness] is a most edifying form of instant gratification.
Structure is something that calms our nature; we know this of toddlers.
I dont accept the idea that there are two sides to any issue. I think that the middle ground is to be found within most of us.
If God is God, we cant be afraid of what we can learn.
Compassion is a spiritual technology.
Compassion also brings us into the territory of mystery - encouraging us not just to see beauty, but perhaps also to look for the face of God in the moment of suffering, in the face of a stranger, in the face of the vibrant religious other.