Every Loss Recapitulates Earlier Losses, But Every

The Christian Tradition Was Passed On To Me As A Great Rich Mixture, A Bouillabaisse Of Human Imagination And Wonder Brewed From The Richness Of Individual Lives.

In Many Ways, Constancy Is An Illusion. After All, Our Ancestors Were Immigrants, Many Of Them Moving On Every Few Years; Today We Are Migrants In Time. Unless Teachers Can Hold Up A Model Of Lifelong Learning And Adaptation, Graduates Are Likely To Find Themselves Trapped Into Obsolescence As The World Changes Around Them. Of Any Stopping Place In Life, It Is Good To Ask Whether It Will Be A Good Place From Which To Go On As Well As A Good Place To Remain.

The Past Empowers The Present, And The Sweeping Footsteps Leading To This Present Mark The Pathways To The Future.

When Any Relationship Is Characterized By Difference, Particularly A Disparity In Power, There Remains A Tendency To Model It On The Parent-child-relationship. Even Protectiveness And Benevolence Toward The Poor, Toward Minorities, And Especially Toward Women Have Involved Equating Them With Children.

Fluidity And Discontinuity Are Central To The Reality In Which We Live.