Occupation: Canon Birth: May 29, 1947
It seems to me, then, that vulnerability and and self-disclosure are at the heart of what we understand about the nature of God. And the reason I bel….
I'll be at Lambeth telling my story.
One of the joys of being a Christian or being a person of faith is that you believe deep down that death isn't the worst thing, you know. Not living ….
Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may be fi….
My conservative brothers and sisters seem to argue that God revealed everything to us in scripture. Ever since, it has simply been our difficult but ….
I believe God is doing a new thing in the world. God is always moving us to include more people in the kingdom. God has taught us that about people o….
We love to talk about justice. It's the doing of justice that's hard...I believe it is work we are called to do.
Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us..
When you claim to have the truth, as opposed to the truth as you perceive it, then you move us toward a theocratic view of government..
Stability is why society has an interest in marriage..
There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishop….
Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it..
I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion..
I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that ….
Only God is the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. The Church has always been changing..
I've long been really intrigued with what is the ... proper role of faith and religion in public life..
I think there's a terrible price to be paid when your exterior life is not an honest reflection of your interior life..
The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused..
The state's interest in marriage is stability. Generally speaking, polygamy does not work for stability. Inherent in the whole polygamous movement is….
I will always speak out when someone says that a principle or a rule or a tradition trumps people..
It is at least a small comfort to me, as a gay rights and marriage equality advocate, to know that like any marriage, gay and lesbian couples are sub….