" So many unanswered questions live within me afraid to uncover them ...because of the blasphemy ...If there be God ...please forgive me. " | " When I try to raise my thoughts to Heaven there is such convicting emptiness that those very thoughts return like sharp knives & hurt my very soul. I am told God loves me ... and yet the reality of darkness & coldness & emptiness is so great that nothing touches my soul. " | " One day I met a lady who was dying of cancer in a most terrible condition. And I told her, 'You know, this terrible pain is only the kiss of Jesus, a sign that you have come so close to Jesus on the cross that he can kiss you'. " |
" Christians and Muslims, we have many things in common, as believers and as human beings. We live in the same world, marked by many signs of hope, but also by multiple signs of anguish. " | " Every individual is made in the image of God, insofar as he or she is a rational and free creature capable of knowing God and loving him. " | " Scientists cannot, therefore, hold themselves entirely aloof from the sorts of issues dealt with by philosophers and theologians. " |