Praying privately in churches, I began to discover that heaven was my true home and also that it was here and now, woven into this life.

I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity.

I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how.

I was not allowed a physical lover. Falling in love with Love was the best I could get.

In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.

I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly.

I still go to a Christian priory for retreats.