I don't care for the Christian trappings. Too much hypocrisy in my experience at church. And I don't think it is prerequisite to a relationship with God. However, I enjoyed your message. You strike me as a clean and humble man. And trustworthy. And you certainly explain well my way of relating to God and his children.

I'm 75, a sports fan, I've seen every superstar in every sport. But there is only one Koufax. If an old man is allowed to have an idol, he is it for me. Sometimes, I get a little lonely because there are so few people who saw him pitch and…

I could make this response long or short. I choose the latter. I've been in two groups which I'm sure you would put in the cult category. One for 8 years and one for 30. …

I have never cheated and won't. But I have no judgment about those who do. I have had all the thoughts and impulses that have caused some to cheat. And I would submit that every man as, even those who claim the high ground. My belief is that all of us are here to learn certain lessons, and infidelity is just one way that some people confront those lessons. There is no sin.

Your article touched me, and I have to say something, though I don't know what quite yet. My little guy -- Tristan -- is still here. When I rescued him 12 years ago, with bones sticking in all directions, it was obvious he had been abused. …

Some people are born knowing and don't forget. When my son was playing basketball in an "important" game, he took up not running down the floor when everybody else did. Being his coach, I panicked and asked him what he was doing. He told me there's no point in running down there . . . they're just going to come right back." And then there's one my my cancer doctors who, after listening to me whine about needing to lose weight, told me to go out, buy a dozen chocolate donuts, and eat them all.

Brilliant in a really simple way.

This is one product of the national consciousness which has traded in "How can I make you more comfortable and secure?" for "Look at me and how I stand out".

I would add that, after the lust subsides (and it almost always do es), you may feel there is no love. So go to work on the partnership, the interdependence, and the love will follow. It took my wife and I seven years to realize that we were in love with each other, and another 10 to realize we had no choice . . . we were together forever.