Other essays deal with conflicts I have with my church and how this rigiidty is pushing me and young people away. I am Catholic and my crisis is not with faith, but with how leaders telling me how to think and act.
The challenges to our democracy is real. The mean-spirited inteactions among neighbors is disheartening. Also, part of these essays is the disregard for the principles established by our founders. I questiion if these hard-erarned values mean anything anymore.