[tim]

Bless me Father for I have pratfallen. It's been too long since my last laugh.

Interesting you would show up. Lately, and in light of the minor (high school) seminary of which I'm an alumnus closing just last year, I've been giving a lot of thought to the connection between priestly ministry and clowning. While the priesthood was not my call, I do sometimes joke, "Priest, clown... just two sides of the same coin." But I think that there is some truth to that.

Did you happen to meet Roly Bain when you initially attended Moosecamp? He has some interesting ideas on this concept of Christ as Clown which he writes about in his book, Playing the Fool.

Jose Rivera, who you also may have studied under at Moosecamp, was also once a seminarian and (I want to say) in religious life.