A retired Lutheran pastor writes icons – one for the Pope, and one for the Ecumenical Patriarch, Bartholomew I

The fact that a Lutheran pastor in the heart of the Bible Belt South is writing an icon for Pope Benedict XVI is a sign that the Holy Spirit is doing fascinating things in the church," said David Tiede Hottinger, director of the Center for Evangelical Catholicism at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Greenville. "It is also evidence that God does, indeed, have a delightful sense of humor."