I think it's important to remember that by the second half of our lives, we are meant to see in wholes, and no longer just in parts.

The morning glories and the sunflowers turn naturally toward the light, but we have to be taught, it seems.

Change is not what we expect from religious people. They tend to love the past more than the present or the future.

God created us for love, for union, for forgiveness and compassion and, yet, that has not been our storyline. That has not been our history.

Moralism is always the cheap substitute for mysticism.

The people who know God well - the mystics, the hermits, those who risk everything to find God - always meet a lover, not a dictator. God is never found to be an abusive father or a tyrannical mother, but always a lover who is more than we dared hope for. How different than the "account manager" that most people seem to worship. God is a lover who receives and forgives everything.

Christianity is seen by more and more people as a negative message: anti gay, anti immigrant, anti abortion (as the only life issue), anti gay marriage, anti the Democratic party.