I was saddened to hear of Doug Marlette’s death in an auto accident. I gave up on comic strips years ago, but I always enjoyed Doug Marlette’s Kudzu. He was able to poke fun at American religion while subtly expressing a deep fondness for the struggles of living with the imperfect institutions that are our churches and with the imperfect people who are members. For many years, I had on my office door the following cartoon: