“Everything. A few minutes after we began last time
a shaft of light descended and an angel
or other heavenly being appeared
and revealed to us what each woman or man must do
to attain divine wisdom in this life and
the hereafter…” Tom Wayman —Did I Miss Anything? (Question frequently asked by students after missing a class.)
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