The age-old question about the chicken and egg doesn’t apply in the world of the faithful. There’s no doubting who, or what, came before any and all of us. It’s tucked in with the pews and the parish, this knowledge that a higher power created it all, and that the pastor or priest is a light shining a message from way on high, a means in which the message can be heard, felt and seen.
And sometimes, in certain Anytown, USA congregations, it’s understood that the leader of the flock is like a light bulb, occasionally in need of replacing.