What I think is that we in the church - and especially I as an Archbishop - I'm responsible for maintaining our rules, and making sure we hold to unity in the Body of Christ.

When the fire of prayer goes out, the barrenness of busyness takes over.

People have described me as a management bishop but I say to my critics, Jesus was a management expert too.

If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing; I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage.

I think in my own country, at the way we've seen through the ordination of women to the priesthood, which I'm delighted about, and that will move on to another level before very long.

I think what Calvinism may offer us is that God's in charge of his world.

But, as you have intimated, I am among those who would be very wary of any military action in the light of Saddam Hussein's willingness to allow the weapons inspectors to go in.

Jesus was a management expert too.

I'm on record as being understood to be a supporter of a reformed establishment, in which other Christian denominations, and other faiths, play a major part.

God loves us all, wants us all to share his kingdom, has a role for us all.

Belief in the resurrection is not an appendage to the Christian faith. It is the Christian faith.

...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you.

Despite the company of friendship we still have ourselves to reckon with at the end of the day.

God loves his work and therefore wills to preserve it. Creation and preservation are two aspects of the one activity of God.

No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself but the estimate of the loss that troubles us.

Our safety is not in blindness but in facing our danger.

Did he annoy me? Yes, he was like a wasp at a picnic.

The cost of praising someone is nil - but every psychological study shows the payoff is huge.

I'm not the last of the old bosses. I'm the first of the new leaders.

Any of these Vietnam vets that have been there and know the deal, they don't feel that any Hollywood endeavor about the Vietnam era has ever gotten it right yet.

I think we have to think about strategies that will help kids who have disabilities.