Llama and Lamb

Haggard tells himself over and over that influence is on loan. In an instant, it could be gone. The men he moves with now - Tony Blair, Ariel Sharon - know it too, he believes. Being a preacher, Haggard believes his influence is on loan from God.
He intends to use it now, while he can, [...]

Well, our first session of pre-marital counseling with our pastor, Tom Macy, was last night. I thought it went well. We managed to contradict ourselves with the relationship inventory test (similar to a personality test). If I heard right, it said we both had realistic perceptions of what marriage would be like (no rose-colored glasses) [...]