That's the most we've ever had and pretty much the max. The Clarion says it can't hold much more.

I'm sure that's probably true. We also work with a wonderful (booking) agency, McKinney Associates out of Louisville (Ky.).

He will tell us if it's a good fit, based on his knowledge of the speaker. Sometimes, we get lucky that the first person we come up with gets booked.

Intelligence alone does not get us where we need to go or even necessarily where we want to go. For that, the human creature must exercise harder-won capacities of wisdom, and wise action.

Mystery is a birthright of theology and faith, but you often do find religious people grasping for answers that shut things down and narrow what is possible.

I make no apologies for the fact that I have a religious life of my own. I'm speaking as a Christian because I'm speaking as myself.