Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.

By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.

I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.

Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.

Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.

Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office, my computer, and a wonderful sense of community - especially nurtured by the presence of several younger gay men and women who are good friends.

Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.