You know, I think Jesus was famous and also in a lot of trouble because he always chose people over sort of established procedures.
And God is always calling me to open myself to all kinds of people that I've never thought about before and also calling me on this inward spiritual journey.
doing a new thing in terms of its inclusion in terms of gay and lesbian people in the world and in the church.
I will always speak out when someone says that a principle or a rule or a tradition trumps people.
I think people often come to the synagogue, mosque, the church looking for God, and what we give them is religion.
I think all of the grim predictions about some sort of schism are probably overstated, ... We certainly lost a few people when we ordained women, but there were great predictions that there would be a real worldwide split in the church, and indeed that's not come to pass.