William D. Tammeus

“We are all theological creatures, whether we know it or not.”

“Hope is the stubborn refusal to accept that the worst is the last word.”

“We can’t fix what we don’t acknowledge.”

“The great religious traditions are not primarily about correct doctrine but about right living.”

“A healthy faith is one that has questions, not just answers.”

“Grief is the price we pay for love, and it’s a price worth paying.”

“Myths are not lies. They are, rather, stories that are so true they may or may not have happened.”

“Religion, at its best, helps us create meaning where there seems to be none.”

“Pluralism is not relativism. It's the conviction that we can live together in peace even when we have profound disagreements.”

“Theology is the human attempt to speak about the unspeakable.”

“Forgiveness is not about forgetting. It's about remembering--and letting go.”

“Evil is the radical deprivation of good.”

“Science asks how. Religion asks why. They are not in conflict but are complementary ways of knowing.”

“Fundamentalism is the failure of nerve, the retreat into certainty in the face of complexity.”

“The task of the prophet is not to predict the future but to describe the present with such piercing clarity that the future becomes an urgent moral choice.”