text: I imagine most of us of a certain age have our own stories of growing up in America at a time when the "official" voices of our respective traditions told us one thing, but our lived experience told us something else. 
  
  I remember, when I was around 7 or 8, thinking that there were two religions in the world, Catholic and Public. It just seemed logical because I went to Catholic school and some of my friends went to 'Public' school. The nuns warned us about associating with those 'Public' school kids, but experience taught us otherwise. They were just like us. None of them had two heads, none of them had hooves or tails, and they were just as goofy and fun-loving as we were.
  
  Sometimes I think wisdom actually means becoming reacquainted with the truth you knew instinctively when you were little that was conditioned out of you.
  
  BTW, I love that photo of Pope Francis and Rev. Junge up above. They look like a couple out on the dance floor trying to decide who's going to lead!