trouble and difficulty in these times and yet it seems that at these times the Church must avoid the temptation to hunker down and try to ride out the storm. Troubled times are times of opportunity because people, stripped of the normal props that focus their lives on the perpetual here and now, are, by necessity, looking beyond themselves for something true, real, and good. If we are not out “there” engaging real people with real truth we will cease to be a part of the dialogue. Someone very wise once said that hidden lamps are useless.
