The image of God, then, involves gender identity and complementarity. God created gender in duality as male and female.

Shame is the raincoat over the soul repelling the living water of Jesus that would otherwise establish us as the beloved of God.

Hopelessness sets in, when a man is bound up in his shame -- living small, within that closed horizon of fantasy and self-absorption.

Belief and faith are great, but very few peoplehave been led astray by thinking for themselves.

Studies have shown that 90% of error in thinking is due to error in perception. If you can change your perception, you can change your emotion and this can lead to new ideas.

I read a book a day when I was a kid. My family was not literary; we did not have any books in the house.

In the no-nonsense school of adversity, which we did not choose for ourselves, we are learning how to operate a labor union.

I just get up every day and do what seems like the most interesting, fun thing to do.

I cleaned up my act because otherwise I would have kicked the bucket.

I hate being out there with those garbage men. They don't get you the ball.

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker

I began just writing poems and then fell in love with the form.

Honestly, it’s so easy to get what you want from people if they think you’re a psycho.