“We only need to wear shoes because the British built roads which hurt our feet.”

“I always wear size 14 boat shoes that are so old they could have been built by Noah.”

“I still have my feet on the ground, I just wear better shoes.”

“Each of us has the right and the responsibility to assess the roads which lie ahead, and those over which we have traveled, and if the future road looms ominous or unpromising, and the roads back uninviting, then we need to gather our resolve and, carrying only the necessary baggage, step off that road into another direction. If the new choice is also unpalatable, without embarrassment, we must be ready to change that as well.”

“That there are roads left in both of our shoes.”

“If we have never had the experience of taking our commonplace religious shoes off our commonplace religious feet, and getting rid of all the undue familiarity with which we approach God, it is questionable whether we have ever stood in his presence.”