Clergyman Quotes

We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.
When every physical and mental resources is focused, one's power to solve a problem multiplies tremendously.
When you pray for anyone you tend to modify your personal attitude toward him.
You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
I believe that every human soul is teaching something to someone nearly every minute here in mortality.
It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
We have taken a giant step forward in correcting some of the misconceptions people have about the church. I think that we've made a lot of friends.
Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.
By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.
Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office, my computer, and a wonderful sense of community - especially nurtured by the presence of several younger gay men and women who are good friends.
However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.
I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.
I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.
I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.
I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
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.
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.
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