Most of us would hesitate to call the kind of writing we do "art." ... There are indeed times, indeed most times are these, when we do use language as a tool to accomplish a practical purpose. We spend a lot of time saying things like "Please pass the salt," or "You'll find the prayer request cards on the back of the pew in front of you." But on those rare occasions when the words of the Lord come to you and you eat them and find them your joy and your delight, as Jeremiah did, or a burning and cauterizing coal, as Ezekiel did, I do not think that "art" is too elevated a word for what is called for.