I wonder if the red hand files were a form of ministry. well, i wouldn't. . . that seems a little highfalutin. you know, i never saw it in that way. i think the red hand files for me was a way to learn how to articulate certain things that were going on me with the help of the people who wrote in. so it felt like something we were doing together and that that's been enormously helpful. and i think it's been helpful to other people, too. and that's. .. ..how to write about something. it's actually quite difficult, quite different than how to speak about something. and i think with sean's book t...