As the November elections approach here in the United States, I find myself thinking about a time back in the 1980s when I was appointed to take the place of a town commissioner stepping down from office.
In the aftermath of school shootings in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Bailey, Colorado, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and now most recently in Blacksburg, Virginia, people are asking a lot of questions.
Many years go, when I was a young theology student in a liberal Protestant university, I delved devotedly and energetically into Christianity’s most fundamental ideas.
