Great Regulars: For one of the things I learned

from Father Gannon is that, to be authentic, philosophy must be philosophy for me. Better to imperfectly think my way to a conclusion that satisfies me than to precisely parrot the notions of someone else.

The Miller quote that I began this column with popped into my head a couple of days after an odd notion suddenly occurred to me as I crossed the street to my house on my way home from shopping. Suppose, I wondered, that we are to God as the characters in a novel are to that novel's author?

from Frank Wilson: When Falls the Coliseum: That's What He Said: Daring to create anything

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