The Reverend Randall R. Phillips is the pastor of Saint Blaise Parish in Sterling Heights, Michigan, and an adjunct instructor of theology at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan. Also by this author Get Commonweal's latest, delivered twice weekly. Email address Published in the 2004-09-10 issue: View Contents Most Recent Tense Necessities By Mary Gordon October 29, 2024 How We Got Here By John T. McGreevy October 28, 2024 Discommoding a Sidewalk By Peter Steinfels October 28, 2024