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.

We all remain who we are. But on the way to healing or liberation we have to do what the Romans called agere contra: we have to act against the grain of our natural compulsions. This requires clear decisions. Because it does not happen by itself, it is in a way "unnatural" or "supernatural" . . . (we) simply have to cut loose now and then, and in the process . . . make mistakes.

The journey to happiness involves finding the courage to go down into ourselves and take responsibility for what's there: all of it.

The phrase, 'You must die before you die,' is found in most of the world religions. If you don't learn how to die early, you spend the rest of your life avoiding failure. When you can free your True Self, the whole spiritual life opens up.

You create your response to reality, and that response, for all practical purposes, is your reality.

What we know about God is important, but what we do with what we know about God is even more important.

We are usually on bended knee before laws or angrily reacting against them, both immature responses.