Dogs & Cats in Moderation

My friend Father David Poecking writes, in response to a Facebook exchange being me and a Patheos colleague with a strange and disturbing affection for cats:

On dogs and cats, I am a moderate: Dogs manifest the loving communion God intended for all his creatures. Cats manifest the threat of Judgment against sinners: Just as your cat doesn’t have any emotional need for you, so also God could raise up children of Abraham from these stones.