Christianity is messy and complicated. It confronts the human condition unflinchingly and therefore truthfully. It has no simple answers on pain, suffering and loss. It tells us that we are a mess and while it urges us to work for good here on earth, it tells us that we cannot, ultimately, save ourselves without God's help. In a profound sense it reflects reality.

Tui Motu Magazine. Issue 124,  February 2009: 11.