It is hard to believe.  Although I’ve drifted into other reading I will always be grateful for this man’s ability to make the unclear clear, and to explain just what was at stake with a world throwing belief out the window.  His conversion and apologetics for the Catholic church caused me to get as close as I’ll ever be to becoming a Roman Catholic.  His passing a few weeks ago shocked me.  I know he is in a better place; I just can’t help thinking, “who will take his place?”  I pray someone will but we don’t often get a mind like Richard’s.