It’s a room of adequate size, with a single window looking out on the hill behind the church. Until this afternoon, it was full of stacks of chairs. The carpet is thick and gray, the walls white and covered with taped-up Sunday School posters. The desk in the picture is a very recent addition, scavaged hastily from another room.

When Michael showed me this little room, I got pretty excited. Why?

Because this is my office. And this, my friends, is a "before" picture.