There is NEED occasionally to leave the noise and the tumult of the world and step within the WALLS of a sacred HOUSE of God, there to FEEL His Spirit in an ENVIRONMENT of holiness and peace.

Sexuality is a PRIVATE MATTER; some believe that broadcasting it DESTROYS the very things that MAKE it sacred.

Humans are VULNERABLE and RELY on the kindnesses of the earth and the sun; we exist together in a SACRED field of MEANING.

National defense is the SACRED duty of the YOUNG and all other PEOPLE.

Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or TWO are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging AROUND the sacred precincts, TRYING to LOOK LIKE the real thing.

At the end of the 30 Years WAR then, EUROPE broadly decided to separate the sacred from the secular in its political culture. I know that is an oversimplification, but it is instructive, and it led to a growth in RELIGIOUS tolerance that has characterized the best of Western LIFE since.

Bigotry is the SACRED DISEASE.