“A globalized world is by now a familiar fact of life. Building walls or moats may sound appealing, but the future belongs to those...”

“If a person is homosexual by nature - that is, if one's sexuality is as intrinsic a part of one's identity as gender or skin color...”

“An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great huma...”

“Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly...”

“Religious belief, like history itself, is a story that is always unfolding, always subject to inquiry and ripe for questioning. Fo...”

“In America, now, let us - Christian, Jew, Muslim, agnostic, atheist, wiccan, whatever - fight nativism with the same strength and...”

“My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.”

“In our home there was always prayer - aloud, proud and unapologetic.”

“All I did was pray to God, every day. In prison camp, the main prayer was, 'Get me home alive, God, and I'll seek you and serve yo...”

“The Lord's Prayer is the most perfect piece of poetry. I always feel at peace and moved when I recite it.”

“The language of the Catholic Church - the liturgy, the prayer, the gospels - was in many ways my first poetry.”

“Prayer is such a basic foundation of a Christian's relationship with God. It's how we communicate and fellowship with Him. But a s...”