In The Absence Of Truth, Power Is

If A Church Offers No Truth That Is Not Available In The General Culture - In, For Instance, The Editorials Of The New York Times Or, For That Matter, Of National Review - There Is Not Much Reason To Pay It Attention.

I Do Believe That Those Who Compare The Religious Right To The Nazis Have Fallen Victim To Polemical Heat Prostration.

In The Gay (catholic) Community, It Would Seem, The Maxim Is: Love The Sin And Love The Sinner, But Hate Anyone Who Calls It A Sin Or Him A Sinner.

Genuine Tolerance Does Not Mean Ignoring Differences As If Differences Made No Difference. Genuine Tolerance Means Engaging Differences Within A Bond Of Civility And Respect.

Disguise Is Central To God's Way Of Dealing With Us Human Beings. Not Because God Is Playing Games With Us But Because The God Who Is Beyond Our Knowing Makes Himself Known In The Disguise Of What We Can Know. The Christian Word For This Is Revelation, And The Ultimate Revelation Came By Incarnation. ... God Is The Master Of Disguises, In Order That We Might See.