Dear Brother,

I remember in a former vocation the first story told in your column. I was being considered for a position within the CUS system 27 years ago. I remember being put through many interviews, which I thought I had answered to the best of my ability, and never being informed that I was not considered at all. I learned by asking much later that a person within that organization was hired, who was without the qualifications to fulfill that position. This practice is done outside of the church, which I also witnessed, but if we are still saint AND sinner, we will find these sinful actions true even as we live out our vocations under the cross. It happens, and God still guides us despite us and for the furthering of the Gospel. SDG