New Converts, Old Selves

Detail from “Sower at Sunset” (1888) by Vincent van Gogh [WikiArt.org] In his First Letter to Timothy, St. Paul, when laying out the qualifications of a bishop, includes this telling remark: “He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed...

New Converts, Old Selves
Detail from “Sower at Sunset” (1888) by Vincent van Gogh [WikiArt.org] In his First Letter to Timothy, St. Paul, when laying out the qualifications of a bishop, includes this telling remark: “He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed...