It shouldn’t have surprised us, but it did. Situated as our sanctuary is on one of Los Angeles’ main boulevards, we receive our share of

“You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd.”–Flannery O’Connor The call came from our County Supervisor’s office inquiring if I would

The phone call interrupted the weekly text study I host for pastoral colleagues. The female caller identi- fied herself as Gretchen Johnson, the wife of