“We live in a culture that tells us you shouldn't have to wait for anything, or worse, that something is wrong if you have to wait. I'm a gardener. I know there's nothing wrong with waiting and, in fact, that some of the joy is tied up in the waiting.”
“Technology is among the top three or four things that has really affected not just how we live, but how we feel and think. More than a set of techniques for getting things done, technology has become a social institution. It's a huge cultural force in Western life.”
“Along the way somewhere I got interested in the idea of church and culture, and why the church is so suspicious of the arts, and vice versa. I think lessons we learn as we reflect on theological framework for bioethical issues have ramifications in other spheres.”
“There are a lot of Christian groups or writers who defend basic theology in the abstract. I'm interested in the ecosystem of understanding we have to live in.”
