Surely, this is part of the work of racial reconciliation at Richmond Hill. Our stories have a history. We build in certain assumptions. Others play roles that have made sense in the past. Religious leaders look like this.
Repairmen look like that.
The repairman is a woman. The focus of religious renewal is some crazy cat we cannot explain. The big, burly man really does dance ballet. Let me suggest that what we do to others, we also do to ourselves. The religious leaders gave John the Baptist every opportunity to fit into their way of thinking.