Editorial: Wisdom from the pulpit
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Published: 7/21/2021 3:26:30 PM
Today, as in ages past, some of our brightest minds are speaking from the pulpit, offering insights both theological and secular. As we emerge from a pandemic, faith leaders offer perspectives that transcend charts, graphs, maps, data points and social media. Following, we continue our occasional compilation of wisdom culled from recent columns in the Faith Matters series on Saturday’s Religion Page.
From The Rev. Dr. Lloyd Parrill, UCC minister, retired: “Sadly, now we are engaged in a great civil and cultural war. It is an attack upon truth itself. The press is assailed as ‘fake news,’ the findings of science are debunked (global warming), and the exercise of free speech is taken to allow sedition and insurrection as ‘patriotic.’ I pray this nation and foundation on which it stands shall not only long endure, but thrive, with liberty and justice for all.” (Jan. 30, 2021)