The concern is that there were essentially two budgets for the church -- one public and one private. No one knew the private one even existed. No one even knew about the grants. We want to know where the money went. And only an investigation will tell us.

This is a tragedy for the church. But that being said, it's a good thing the investigations are getting started, and it's a good thing if we're getting closer to the truth.

There's also a concern that what you do for the church be of the highest standard.

When household budgets tighten up women continue to buy for themselves. It's happening now.

When our Homeland Security Alert System goes to orange, our state and local governments' budgets go into the red. I fear the Bush Administration and the Republican Congress are sacrificing homeland security and other needs in favor of deep tax cuts that will have little or no positive effect on the economy.

We don't know with clarity how it will affect the church. Our biggest concern is how it would affect the 10.3 million undocumented immigrants, including 1.6 million undocumented children living in this country.