The rapid rise of the People's Republic of China as a military and economic power is challenging the status quo.
We can identify with Frodo and Sam, setting off not knowing quite where they are going and what they are to do.
Celibacy is not just a matter of not having sex. It is a way of admiring a person for their humanity, maybe even for their beauty.
I believe that his death and resurrection transformed humanity's relationship with God.
This evening I wish to suggest that we Christians should accompany people on their pilgrimages. Specifically we should travel with people as they search for the good, the true and the beautiful.
We need the wisdom of women, and the experience of married people and parents, and the depth of the contemplative if we are to be formed as preachers.
The medieval Church believed that the resurrection of Christ marked a new time for all of humanity.
Artists who write songs. . . what they're going through usually comes through in their music.
So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.
You have. . . been told that science grows like an organism. You have been told that, if we today see further than our predecessors, it is only because we stand on their shoulders. But this [Nobel Prize Presentation] is an occasion on which I should prefer to remember, not the giants upon whose shoulders we stood, but the friends with whom we stood arm in arm. . . colleagues in so much of my work.
I'm a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it's about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and joy, and so forth. And so if that is the case, then I think our goals should include something which stretches us.