The image I have sketched views Jesus differently: rather than being the exclusive revelation of God, he is one of many mediators of the sacred.

The Bible is a human product: it tells us how our religious ancestors saw things, not how God sees things

Imagine that it’s not about the self and its concerns, about ‘what’s in it for me,’ whether that be a blessed afterlife or prosperity in this life.

The Bible is true, and some of it actually happened.

God’s dream for us is not simply peace of mind, but peace on earth.

Reality is permeated, indeed flooded, with divine creativity, nourishment, and care.

How can women be in the image of God if God cannot be imaged in female form?

Imagine that Christianity is about loving God.

People remember stories much better than they remember a straight list of teachings.

It is important to show people ways that we can reclaim Christianity from some of the misunderstandings of our time.

When you are angry, don’t react. Respond with consideration, kindness, and love.

Everyone complains of his lack of memory but nobody of his want of judgement.

I have the strength to endure it all.

Most politicians have to find a way past that allergy. They have to find a way to go door to door, person to person, or else they don't win.

Growing up, I was in and out of trouble in group homes and other institutions, and when I was 14, I was locked up in a psychiatric hospital for a number of months for behavioral problems.

The main thing I don't like about myself is an absurd level of self-consciousness that makes any sort of social encounter an ordeal for me.

Mortifications are often more painful than real calamities.

If you read three books a day you couldn't read all the poetry that's being published.

Life has a way of disregarding even your best intentions.

If you were born in Britain after World War II, you see a continuous atmosphere of decline, moral and economic and political.