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 A First Step By Archbishop John Wester April 4, 2025 A Secondhand Burden By Céire Kealty April 3, 2025 Booker’s Speech Act By Griffin Oleynick April 2, 2025