I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.

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

Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.

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.

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.