JD’s in Rome this week and bringing us some seriously important reporting, which we’ll get to presently. I’m back at my desk after a retreat, as I mentioned last Friday. And I’d like to start by saying a few things about that. It was a very fruitful three days for me, for my marriage, and by extension, for my family. I’m grateful I was able to go, and I am thus grateful to JD for picking up the slack at the synod, and to all of you who sent me some deeply kind and often touchingly personal notes of encouragement — I prayed for you all while I was away.