July 1, 2004
Leaven
It’s not torture. It’s only abuse. They’re not prisoners. They’re detainees. They’ve no rights, only wrongs. No problem, just trust us.
Not so, say the Supremes.
Could this be the slightest hint, even the darest hope, as we were told in another era of obfuscation and malicious hooliganism, that our current national nightmare may soon be over?
Perhaps.
Now, if only the church might rediscover that its reason for being is not being, but becoming, is not itself, but its neighbor, is not to be the loaf, but to be the leaven.