Good Words.
Having followed the sexual-abuse scandal, been shamed by our hierarchy's neo-conservative tendencies, and being a member of a bankrupt archdiocese arch·di·o·cese
n.
The district under an archbishop's jurisdiction.
arch di·oc , I find myself relieved by the fresh wind of positive views provided each month by Luke Timothy Johnson Luke Timothy Johnson (born November 20, 1943) is the R. W. Woodruff Professor of New Testament and Christian Origins at Candler School of Theology and a Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. (The Good Word). Thanks to Johnson, my anger has begun to fade, my confessions Confessions
Rousseau (1712–1778) reveals details of an erratic and rebellious life. [Fr.Lit.: Benét, 218]
See : Biography and Autobiography don't all begin with complaints about the hierarchy, and I am again finding some joy in my church.
GERALD KINNEAVY
Neskowin, Ore.
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