On the Sunday after the election, I moved from the Catholic Church in the Lincoln diocese to a United Church of Christ Church. I needed to be in a place where the progressive values which come from my relationship with Jesus could be lived out. Any progressive directions from Vatican II or Pope Francis are completely overwhelmed by the conservatives in the Lincoln diocese and in America generally. Fortunately, as the Church teaches, the Church of Christ can be found in "ecclesial communities," and they can offer sanctification and salvation. I think the fruit of my "ecclesial community" shows we are open to the Spirit's leading in a way many Catholic churches are prevented from being. Thank God for the Reformation!