The Gospel gives human suffering deep, personal, and cosmic meaning, by connecting our pain to the pain of others and, finally, by connecting us to the very "pain of God".

The theological virtue of hope is the patient and trustful willingness to live without closure, without resolution, and still be content and even happy because our Satisfaction is now at another level, and our Source is beyond ourselves.

A skilled listener can help people tap into their own wisdom.

Men must learn how to grieve, or they are inevitably angry or controlling, and they don't even know why.

The spiritual world is hidden and perfectly revealed in the physical world.

The most common one-liner in the Bible is, "Do not be afraid." Someone counted, and it occurs 365 times.

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.