I find in the Psalms much the same range of mood and expression as I perceive within my own life of prayer.

I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.

I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.

By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.

Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.

Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.

Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.

Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature.

Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.

Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.

I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.

The longer you pause to process surprising or negative feedback, the more likely you are to learn from it.

If I only looked at what I've lost, I'd never be able to see what I have.

It was only when I rounded a bend and glimpsed the white peaks ahead that I doubled my abilities, only when I thought how far i had yet to go that i lost faith that I would get there

For days after death hair and fingernails continue to grow, but phone calls taper off.

Sadat was a great and good man, and his most bitter and dangerous enemies were people who were obsessed with hatred for his peaceful goals.

Reading is an activity subsequent to writing: more resigned, more civil, more intellectual.

If we are giving judicial benefits to one part, we should give them to the other part as well.

In science, the old men are usually wrong. But in politics, the old men are wise, counsel caution, and in the end are often right.

What did a person need to survive? Food. Water. Shelter. Warmth in cold weather. And something else... books.

My swag is off the charts.