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

Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature.

Our prayers must spring from the indigenous soil of our own personal confrontation with the Spirit of God in our lives.

Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.

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

I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.

I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.