are not headed for a life as a pastor, nor will we write as many books as Augustine or engage in as many theological controversies. So where’s the interest? What does Augustine show us that gets our attention, that is worth looking at again and again? I can best answer this question by saying why I read and reread the Confessions—and it’s not merely because as a college professor I often assign it to my students! Augustine shows us the self in process: the self in doing, or being, now one thing,