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Fifteen years ago, I was twenty-seven, single, living in Maryland, and contemplating a life of celibacy for the sake of the kingdom of God. Today, I'm married, live in Florida, and have three children. Many things I expected to happen in my life did not happen, and a number of unexpected occurrences did happen—all resulting in the happiness I now know as a husband, father, and Catholic editor.
One aspect of my work as editor of The Word Among Us that I especially enjoy is the opportunity to spend much of my working day with Scripture. Since I am also editor of our devotional commentary series, I have the added privilege of immersing myself in one particular book or part of Scripture for an extended period of time. For the past six months, for example, I’ve been working on our latest commentary, Letters to the Early Church, which covers five New Testament letters. This volume—the eighth in our series—was especially rewarding for me. As I reflected on the fact that these five letters were written over a time span of fifteen years, I got to thinking, both about my life and about the first Christians.
If fifteen years could bring so much change in one person’s life, imagine…
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