every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.

G.K. Chesterton, who was part of a Catholic conservatism that was kind and loving, not reactionary or hateful, said "We're all in the same boat in a stormy sea and we owe each other a terrible loyalty." I think that's profoundly true, yet it's difficult to have civil dialogue right now with other Christians, so how can we possibly talk to "all the nations"?

I'm not trying to make political statements ,but theological statements. How can religion get itself so identified with one political party, exclusionary world views, or with "pelvic morality" as the defining issues of the Gospel? Jesus surely didn't. Jesus said to "preach the gospel to all nations", which means we do not just talk to ourselves.

The cross solved our problem by first revealing our real problem, our universal pattern of scapegoating and sacrificing others. The cross exposes forever the scene of our crime.

The important thing is the willingness to give back the gift that is you, not the perfection of the gift itself. Can you feel the difference?

All great spirituality is about what we do with our pain.

God is always bigger than the boxes we build for God, so we should not waste too much time protecting the boxes.