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

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.

Besides the interstates, you're also near the Port of Charleston, and we have all these other industries nearby. You have that huge expansion going on at Institution Food House, and now this QVC distribution center coming in, this is definitely a trucking hub.

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

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.

The roughest part of that lifestyle is the travel and early mornings.