[Vision2020] Move Beyond the Narrow Path

[J Ford]

That's in addition to the pay that Dougie pays him, of course.

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>From: Joe Campbell <joekc at adelphia.net>
>To: Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com>
>CC: Moscow Vision 2020 <vision2020 at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Move Beyond the Narrow Path
>Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 21:11:33 -0700
>
>Thank you, Rev. Lynn!
>
>Do people realize that the Daily News actually pays Iverson to write that 
>column?
>
>--
>Joe Campbell
>
>---- Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:
>
>=============
> >From today's (May 23, 2006) Moscow-Pullman Daily News with a special 
>thanks
>to The Reverend Roger Lynn.
>
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>Move beyond the narrow path
>
>In his op-ed piece (May 6), Ed Iverson seems to define what is acceptable 
>in
>terms of what his grandparents understood. It may seem helpful to have a
>clearly established cut-off date, beyond which we can simply reject any new
>ideas or understandings which may arise. But I am convinced that such a 
>path
>does not serve us well over the long haul. And so, for anyone who may have
>read Iverson's words and thought they represent what all Christians 
>believe,
>I offer an alternative perspective.
>
>In the Bible (Acts, chapter 10) there is a story in which Peter has a
>vision. God tells him to eat a whole variety of animals which were
>off-limits for Jews to eat.
>
>Peter objects. And correctly so. He had scripture on his side. He had
>tradition on his side. He had religious authority on his side. The only
>thing he didn't have on his side was God.
>
>In this vision God says to Peter, "What God has made clean, you must not
>call profane." (Acts 10:15) The story in Acts then moves on to tell us 
>about
>Peter (a Jew) going to share a meal with Cornelius (a Gentile) - another of
>the things which was beyond the bounds of acceptable practice.
>
>I submit that God is always calling us to move beyond our narrow, limiting
>understandings of who is acceptable and who is not, no matter how
>well-established and codified those understandings may be. That, I believe,
>is a path which will serve us well.
>
>The Rev. Roger Lynn, Moscow
>
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>
>To coin my old phrase:  Free to be you and me.
>
>Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
>t hansen-moore
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"Homophobia is like racism and anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry in
>that it seeks to dehumanize a large group of people, to deny their 
>humanity,
>their dignity and personhood,"
>
>- Coretta Scott King (March 30, 1998)
>
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