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.

I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.

I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.

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.

I find in the Psalms much the same range of mood and expression as I perceive within my own life of prayer.

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

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