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'God's plan' is often a front for men's plans and a cover for inadequacy, ignorance, and evil.

The Lord has a plan. We always think the plans are A, B, C and D, and everything is going to be perfect for us and it may not be that way, but it's still his plan.

Although the church has often been far too slow to follow his lead, Jesus' insistence that women, as well as men, bear the full image of God has had a way of sparking reform movements across the centuries.

If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing.

The pope is an intelligent man and realizes that time marches on. He says the Church has a long way to go in developing a real strategy that integrates women - but clearly he is baffled as to how to do it.

This also is a part of the teaching of the Church, that there are certain angels of God, and certain good influences, which are His servants in accomplishing the salvation of men.

God has a plan for all of us, but He expects us to do our share of the work.

Every minister knows it's harder to get the guys to church than the women. We ought to be asking why this is.

It may seem like we have the ultimate plan for our lives, but it's not in the same galaxy of what God's plans are for His people.