Thanks for the kind word, Tim, but I should say that I have no training in theology. My doctorate, for what it's worth--wallpaper, mostly--is in philosophy. Any time you have trouble sleeping, let me know and I'll send over a copy of my dissertation, on the concept of decline as a principle in the metaphysics of time. Even I doze off reading it.
And thanks for giving First Things the poems. We're glad to have them, even if we aren't the New Yorker.
Jody
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