A great painting or symphony or play, doesn't diminish us, but enlarges us, and we, too, want to make our own cry of affirmation to the power of Creation behind the Universe.

We are suspicious of grace. We are afraid of the very lavishness of the gift.

As paredes tem ouvidos. (Portuguese: The walls have ears.)

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book for children.

The shadows are deepening all around us. Now is the time when we must begin to see our world and ourselves in a different way.

Love can't be pinned down by a definition, and it certainly can't be proved, any more than anything else important in life can be proved.

Language changes. If it does not change, like Latin it dies. But we need to be aware that as our language changes, so does our theology change, particularly if we are trying to manipulate language for a specific purpose. That is what is happening with our attempts at inclusive language, which thus far have been inconclusive and unsuccessful.