I regret that i cannot write to Mr Kelly directly since his piece on nostalgia is one of the most exceptional columns I have read for a long time. He frames it in solid logic endowed with insight. At risk of stirring up the closed minded I can only say a simple and genuine thank you. Having spent nearly four decades as  minister trying to save and rescue faith from the religious noise that passes for Christianity today I fully realize that the pull to go back and live in the past is illusionary at best and not nearly as fulfilling as embracing the present. Thank you Mr. Kelley