After 32 years as a priest , I think its fair to say that most institutional churches are very limited in addressing higher levels of spiritual consciousness.

Metaphor is the only possible language available to religion because it alone is honest about Mystery.

THE MALE JOURNEY t some point in time, a man needs to embark on a risky -journey. It's a necessary adventure that takes him into uncertainty, and it almost always involves some form of difficulty or failure. On this journey the man learns to trust God more than he trusts a sense of right and wrong or his own sense of self-worth.

A person who can laugh and go with life does not demand to be in control, which is why the most controlling people may be sarcastic but lack an authentic sense of humor.

Jesus is never upset at sinners; he is only upset with people who do not think they are sinners.

When we can see the image of God where we don't want to see the image of God, then we see with eyes not our own.

We do not think ourselves into new ways of living, we live ourselves into new ways of thinking.