 The church is like a cloud, and I mean that literally, ideologically, technologically, and theologically. The church is a force of nature, a point of view, a network of ideas, and a community of faith. And just as meteorologists think they know what those great cotton balls in the sky are going to do, the clouds will often leave the experts guessing and scratching their heads. The church is like a cloud, big and mysterious. She's moving, and she's doing something. She's changing the landscape and being changed in turn. The church is like a cloud, and you better get out your umbrella, because it looks like it might rain.