In our journey from religion to spirituality, we move from law to love, from personality to soul consciousness. Just as we limit our Creator by holding only one image either Father or Mother we too have a diversity of talents and gifts to reflect back to the Source. It is obvious God loves variety, and each fragment gets to personify a glimpse of the One. Spirituality is God's game. We can only enter into the dance and rejoice in it.
Religion has three great struggles to confront.
The first is to help the peoples of world realize we are all one family with all the experiences of a large family. To become whole we must assist one another. How to respect other traditions while honoring one's own begs a response from each aware one. The third mighty step facing the field of religion, and the world society as well, is to recognize the blessing the advent of women to leadership brings. A hundred years from now, no one will understand what was so fearful about the acceptance of woman into ministry.