Malcolm Boyd Quotes

However one might pray - in any verbal way or completely without words - is unimportant to God. What matters is the heart's intent.
Malcolm Boyd

God, Heart, Words

I find Jesus my confidant and companion, brother and savior; our relationship is intimate, vulnerable, demanding yet comfortable and reassuring.
Malcolm Boyd

Jesus, Find, Brother

Also, I walk and hike in several different nearby parks near our home several early mornings a week.
Malcolm Boyd

Home, Different, Week

But generally I am fine with a capital F; probably in extraordinary shape for a man of my age.
Malcolm Boyd

Age, Fine, Shape

By my definition, prayer is consciously hanging out with God. Being with God in a deliberate way.
Malcolm Boyd

God, Prayer, Hanging

Entrenched scriptural literalism is, in my opinion, completely out of touch with reality.
Malcolm Boyd

Reality, Opinion, Touch

I have glaucoma, so use eye drops both morning and night.
Malcolm Boyd

Morning, Night, Both

I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.
Malcolm Boyd

Jesus is an example. We have other examples, including many of our ancestors as role models who understood the inner meaning of our orientation.
Malcolm Boyd

Jesus, Meaning, Role

Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.
Malcolm Boyd

Life, Learn, Body

Yet through history gays have always dominated religious life and churches.
Malcolm Boyd

Life, History, Through

Five days a week I drive from our home to the Episcopal Cathedral Center of Los Angeles where I have an office, my computer, and a wonderful sense of community - especially nurtured by the presence of several younger gay men and women who are good friends.
Malcolm Boyd

Good, Women, Men

I feel that I communicate best when I am not deliberately being linear. Along this same line, I feel some of the best sermons I've ever heard were in the theatre rather than the pulpit - as, for example, in the Theatre of the Absurd.
Malcolm Boyd

Best, Same, Rather

Our essential differences from the norm are both huge and deeply offensive to those among us who wish to be quietly integrated into society without particular reference to our nature.
Malcolm Boyd

Nature, Society, Wish

Real answers need to be found in dialogue and interaction and, yes, our shared human condition. This means being open to one another instead of simply fighting to maintain a prescribed position.
Malcolm Boyd

Human, Real, Fighting

Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.
Malcolm Boyd

Freedom, Integrity, Human

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Clergyman

Born: June 8, 1923

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