Priesthood from the Inside Out

"Looks like we'll be renting an apartment," says Travis. "Interest rates are mighty high right now."

Water can carry ships, flood a city and, when pressurized, cut through stone like a child's finger through a piece of cake.

The elderly woman praying a rosary in the front pew of church? Her daughter is married to Ernest Hemingway’s son. The district judge who serves on the pastoral council? He was General Schwarzkopf’s driver during the first Iraq war.

Is the water in the creek safe for my cattle to drink? Will customers buy tomatoes at my roadside stand? Why are my chickens laying purple eggs?

I was fired up. I could hear conviction in my voice and felt intensity in my glare. But, as often happens when I assume the role of teacher, the instructor learned more than the students.