Light On Dark Water

The vicar general of our archdiocese is going to Rome. Our loss, Rome's gain.  His background–Alabama Protestant convert–is similar to mine, which of course I always like to find in a church where I sometimes feel a bit of a cultural and ethnic outsider. The high opinion of him mentioned in this news story is widely shared. I generally think American society is going to hell in a handbasket, but the streams of renewal in the Church reassure me that grace always increases along with sin.