Faith is the new, the mysterious, the surprising. Nobody has ever been there before.

The only theology worth doing is that which inspires and transforms lives, that which empowers us to participate in creating, liberating, and blessing the world.

Faith is a process of leaping into the abyss not on the basis of any certainty about where we shall land, but rather on the belief that we shall land.

If women were in charge, abortion would be a sacrament, an occasion of deep and serious and sacred meaning.

To say I love you is to say that you are not mine, but rather your own.

The whole inhabited earth is sacred space in which God lives, breathes, and acts.

Love is a choice -- not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guile.

It's obvious throughout secular and church history that significant legislation follows only after dramatic action.

To forgive is not to forget, but rather to re-member whatever has been dismembered.

God reveals herself through our relationships not only to other people but also to other creatures and nature.

Lovers re-create the world.

Money can't buy happiness, but it certainly is a stress reliever.

You can either wonder or worry. It is better to choice the former.

No matter. I was single, no children, a handful of plants and at 39, young enough to regroup. If I hit ground before I finished building my wings, I would not take anyone with me.

Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

Prostitution happens to you because of troubles you had. In reality no woman would choose to do that.

Performers are so vulnerable. They're frightened of humiliation, sure their work will be crap. I try to make an environment where it's warm, where it's OK to fail - a kind of home, I suppose.

I wanted out of my record deal with EMI. They wanted me to record one type of album; I wanted to record the type of music I wanted to make.

We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.