OF cours You ARE DIFFERENT AND

HOME I5 DIFFERENT \AND WHATEVER YOU ONCE

HAD GOING THERE IS VERY DIFFERENT.|{ BUT
Nem | SEREASERERURSISAOITEN

JUST AS SURELY ~ YOU ARE STILL YOU ANB

Deena

HOME IS HOME AND IT IS REALLY VERY NICE
TO BE THERE. 4 the
IN FACT THE LAST TIME THE PRODIGAL
Eo oe
CAME UP IN THE LECTIONARY AND I HAD TO
=e
LOOK AT IT FOR THE L3TH TIME OR SO - I

cilia,

CONCLUDED THAT HE CAME HOME FOR THE

FIRST TIME,| THAT YOU REALLY DO HAVE TO
ae | eel

LEAVE BEFORE YOU CAN RETURN AND BE HOME.

Lad

ALL OF WHICH IS TO SAY - IT IS A

GOOD AND PLEASANT_JHING TO BE HERE.
— bete
efott
IT HAPPENED_ONCE Megett “IN 1986,| ov
YEAR AFTER I WAS CALLED TO MY PRESENT
_—_eer
POSITION AT THE FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH {os INSTITUTION I WOULD NOT HAVE
Drei cece
BEEN CAUGHT DEAD IN WHEN IT WAS A STUDENT
HERE. FLIN FACT J] HAD CONCLUDED THAT THE
eer

KIND OF INSTITUTIONS RELIGION REPRESENT-—

2

ep BY THE GOTHIC CATHEDRAL oF FourTH

PRESBYTERTAN CHURCH, | STANDING EITHER

PATHETICALLY BETWEEN BLOOM-
ee ey

INGDALES, LoRD & TAYLOR AND THE Hancock
your posi Him gard angie ue
BUILDING - DEPENDING, ON giosery a

SRANDENG - THAT INSTITUTIONAL RELIGION
ieee

was/1s IRRELEVANT, DISHONEST: REACT ION-

ARY - A OF INTEL AL ANQSPIR-
es exch * .
ITUAL PROSTITUTION. HE D&VINITY SCHOOL

TAUGHT ME NEVER TO BE MODEST IN MY

OPINIONS AND conctusrons | FORTUNATELY,
al a
IT ALSO TAUGHT ME TO SUSPECT PERMANENCE ~ Lenein, Cn
pe YOK, CH
- AND $O IT GAVE ME PERMISSION TO CHANGE | cerca —
Pee _— _

MY MIND | wren AMONG OTHER THINGS,
eal —_—

ALLOWS ME TO BE BREAKING BREAD WITH YOU
TODAY.
In OcToBer of 1986 I WAS ASKED TO
cay I eee

REFLECT ON RETURNING TO SWIFT HALL -

WHICH I DID AND WHICH SOMEONE LIKED Nun
ENOUGH TO PUBLISH IN CRITERION. ..WHICH cank
Swift (Ach

FLATTEREO ME ME AND ALSO TeUIMEHAFED THE

Cll immMated ee?

3

POSSIBILITY THAT I COULD SIMPLY READ THAT

PAPER AGAIN.
But SOME OF WHAT I sarp I WISH T

0
REPEAT. * >8 Sy iF Heth Rrvisy a Covisded -

I AM STILL G TEFUL THAT MY EXPERI-

ENCE HERE HAS SPARED ME ANY INVOLVEMENT
ee [See

IN AN OLD BpoY/GIRL NETWORK OF CLERGY.

o Wy oS
THERE'S SIMPLY NOT WAN ANY OF US. | AND Ww 4

WHEN, BY_CHANCE, WE DO MEET ONE ANOTHER evil ~

AT CHURCH MEETINGS, WATCH ONE ANOTHER

| w

WARILY, SUSPICIOUSL WHAT IS HE DOING
Co |

HERE? | SHE MUST_HAVE FLUNKED HER ORALS.

THOUGHT HE WANTED TO TEACH ND DO

GAALe
RESEARCH IN SOCIAL_SERVEGE. T IS ONE

OF THE BLESSINGS IN MY LIFE THAT I AM
ae
NOT A MEMBER OF AN ALYMNI ASSOCIATION

WHICH SPENDS A LOT OF TIME TRYING TO

DISCOVER WHY IT EXISTS OTHER THAN RAIS-
=

ING MONEY.
WHICH BRINGS UP ANOTHER porwr. \ IN

F CHICAGO

DIVINITY SCHOOL WAS THE ONLY INSTITUTION
eer
WITH WHICH I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO, THAT

DIDN'T HOUND ME FOR MONEY. I ACTUALLY

BELIEVED THAT IT WAS TRUE. THAT THIS

PLACE WAS SO DEEP EN ROCKEFELLER MONEY

IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BOTHER_WETH THE THANK-

LESS & - AND ULTIMATELY DISAPPOINTING
— Con

ENDEAVOR OF GETTING MONEY MR PREACHERS

AND PROFESSORS.

TLLY C YSTAL WOULD SAY ~

THE FIRST RESPONSE TO MY SPEECH

+

1s GAMWELL) AND HE DIDN’T WANT TO

COMPLIMENT MY SCHOLARSHIP OR RHETORICAL

aad ed Feat
FLOURISH, HE WANTED noney.( (So T HAVE
ae el Le

JOINED THE RANKS AT A VERY MODEST LEVEL.
SS aie

BuT COME_TO THINK OF IT THAT SwiFT HALL
LUNCH WAS NOT FREE AT ALL AND HAS COST
Eee
ME ANNUALLY EVER SINCE.
Anp IT AM GRATEFUL THAT WHEN I
pill

BROUGHT NOTHING TO THIS PLACE BUT CURI-~-

OSTITY, IT WAS ENOUGH.
—_—

Cc

I CAME HERE BECAUSE A GRADUATE -WHO
+
WAS TEACHING RELIGION AT FRANKLIN &
Je

MARSHALL, G. WAYNE GLICK, RECOMMENDED IT.

GLICK SMOKED CIGARS } LOVED PROFESS Smig-t.
eee

BASEBALL - JinrropuceD ME, TO A COMPLETELY

NOVEL IDEA, NAMELY THAT RELIGION AND

th.
THINKING - CAN HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME
cenit Ca aed
AND OFTEN IN THE SAME piace. {1 TOLD HIM
ore , nnsanmnilil AY

T DION'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH_MY LIFE —
Fal

AND HE SAID IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU SHOULD GO
eo

To UNIVERSITY oF CHrIcaAGo DIVINITY

SCHOOL. } [taev: LL MAKE YOU THIN

DON'T MUCH CA! CARE ABOUT WHAT YOU DO WITH

AND THEY

YOUR LIFE.

So I CAME | WE CAME | sack IN THE
ere Tans,

—Z

DAYS WHEN PEOPLE STAYED IN SYNC WITH THE aed A caty
Upeboeeneiate aA WERMS

Miler THE MIDDLE CLASS - BLUE

COLLAR

f I was 21, Sue was 20 - WE WERE
MARRIED, PRMeesT - HAD $700 IN THE

BANK, A '57 ForRD AND NOT MUCH ELSE.
ove mt

\ouh- Ur Wn tA

i)
Gut-+ Do You wow Wet you cout
ram. Wey oF WL Lyn De Unapbl

ca Gorter ow Hpk fey
9

clout? 50 0 -

THE ONLY THING I KNEW ABOUT UNIVER-
Set

SITY OF CHICAGO WAS THAT THE Atom BomB
Paes

WAS INVENTED HERE AND THAT THE FIRST

HEISMEN TROPHY, WINNER WAS A UNIVERSITY

oF CHICAGO FULLBACK BY THE NAME OF JAY

BERWAYER.

SO WE CAME -

eee,

MOVED INTO 50TH & KIMBARK -

I WORKED AT OFFICE AS JANITOR-

SHE HAD OUR BABY AT LYING IN -
Glick &
I GOT THROUGH THE YEAR OK- e lywt

AND/WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE IN THE

SPRING - PERHAPS THE ONE REAL CRISTI p n le
~ >?
POINT IN MY LIFE ,AND DECIDED NOT TO care Mf
— as

WHAT HAPPEN

Joe SITTLER
SSS

Bos GRANT GRANT

J. CoeERT arma

Marcus BARTH
—_—

GRANGER WESTBERG Wer fue a aift-
Tost hum le popes

\Wwrok = Qos Nw ave — a7 fw -
Ma P\r-.

GLICK WAS RIGHT. | RELIGION AND
ee AE

THINKING CAN HAPPEN TOGETHER AND ANOTHER

Ee,
THING HAPPENED - OR TWO THINGS RATHER -

THE CITY - WITH WHICH WE FELL HOPELESSLY

IN LOVE - AND THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH. 3

IT WAS VERY FASHIONABLE ~- POLITI-

Dna |
cauty correct ‘ro CRITIQUE THE cnurcn.| I

penitent oll
WAS GOOD AT IT - STILL AM, THANKS TO THZ >

PLACE.

BuT AT Frrst PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

SOMETHING VERY TMTERESLING WAS HAPPEN-

ay
ING. .,AN ATTEMPT fo RACIAL XINCLUSIVE-
ie in S|

NESS, [A BRAVE EFFORT TO BE SOMETHING
TEM, Eee

THE CULTURE WAS NOT DOING WELL AT ALL.

So I SIGNED UP AND WORSHIPED AND WORKED
ee

wITH €. S. AND YOUTH FELtLe} 20-25 AFRI-

CAN-AMERICAN YOUNGSTERS FROM THE NEIGH-

BORHOOD...

Anp I AM CONVINCED THAT THE COMBI-
br ~/2ere

NATION | SWIFT HALL AND FIRST PRESBYTE-
la aie

RIAN CHURCH - CHANGED MY LIFE AND IN
heey

ESSENCE WAS CONTEXT FOR MY CALL TO
amined pester r perr trie ar a

MINISTRY.
I'M GRATEFUL FOR WHAT I LEARNED AND
foe Se |
WHAT I DIDN'T I.E£., WHAT NOBODY TRIED
eee EET
TO TEACH ME AND THEREFORE FORCED THE
Daina sete
NECESSITY OF MY BECOMING A LIFE-LONG

oe

INTERN/LEARNER - ABOUT THE ART _AND CRAFT
OF PUBLIC MINISTRY. | HEL WEREN'T

QUITE SURE WHAT TO DQ WITH THE 10-12 oF

US WHO WANTED TO BE MINISTERS.) THE FTF comp tendons

Doe
ee yia

HAS SELF-DESTRUCTED AND SOME OF US WHO

Serene

STARTED EN ONE OF THE OTHER SCHOOLS
Sen ERT pals

INSISTED ON TRANSFERRING TO DIVINITY

SCHOOL BECAUSE THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

WAS WHY WE CAME HERE.\ SO THEY HAD TO
ee
zoughd &
MALLORY FITZPATRICK - ONE QUARTER - Cif

DEAL WITH US.

WE TALKED ABOUT MINISTRY/7 PREACH-~
ING { aut I REMEMBER IS THAT WE DIDN'T
ne =

LIKE ANY PREACHER WE HEARD OR READ (THE

eee

BL
Lites ak
Vawter
Racer ae a
~ yr
Ula ' + wee
Ut ‘
Coe

MEMORY CAME BACK AS I THOUGHT ABOUT

STANDING IN BOND CHAPEL AND PREACHING).

Se

-AND A SENSE THAT YOU PROBABLY

CAN’T TEACH WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW IN

beanie det

MINISTRY Tél A CLASSROOM ANYWAY.
eee

A LOT OF ENERGY IS BEING INVESTED
ADDWAENT

IN THAT, CURRENTLY, BY LILLY AND LOTS OF o-

THEOLOGICAL EDUCATORS + ASKING(DOES

THEOLOGICAL EDUCATION HAVE ANYTHING -
DUCATI r x
WHATEVER TO DO WITH MINISTRY...
Most oF ALL I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE
ATTITUDE ABOUT LEARNING - five SENSE THAT
be
WHAT ONE KNOWS IS NOT REALLY VERY MUCH:
iE. ‘en

THAT INTELLECTUAL MODESTY IS NOT ONLY

anion, - BUT AN ACCURATE REFLECTION
trv

OF FEAGEH - THAT HUMELITY BEFORE WHAT IS

NOT KNOWMLAND PERHAPS NOT _KNOWABLE 15
SOMEWHERE NEAR THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM

AND FALTH.

So - I’m STILL GRATEFUL AND GLAD

10

YOU'RE STILL CRANKING OUT A FEW PREACHERS
ET

PER YEAR... AND I STILL THINK WE’RE GOOD

FOR THE CHURCH AND I STILL BELIEVE THE CHvech

PROBABLY COULD NOT TOLERATE TOO MANY OF

us.

METUFF LIKE THAT!

ExeceTe Paut - N.T.
READ OPENING PARAGRAE

~I Took ON AT AGE/22 JamES M. ROBINSON A

LYZED AND DISCUSSED IT.

fut an uacaut in Fosrzves [VO 4% *

OUGHT
AXP It SEEMED TO ME THAT WE R@tRET ALSO

TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TWO
WEEKS AGO TODAY IN Los —— 1s AND
Donen

WHETHER OR NOT CHURCH MIGHT HAVE A WORD

al

il

TO SAY AND ROLE TO PLAY..*”
Two weebs C7

atuTe ttre Sseriren ON WEDNESDAY
Tt

MORNING, WENT—TO-@HARE-AND GOT ON A

ees

PLAN£ZTO LoS ANGELES. [ WE LANDED THROUGH
THE FIRST SMOKE WEDNESDAY EVENING. Ep:
eT ,

WAS THERE UNTIL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AND
a .
WHILE THAT DOES NOT MAKE ME AN EXPERT, I
|

DID SEE IT, EXPERIENCE IT CLOSELY, SMELL

ee nC

IT, AND TRIED TO ATTEND TO THE BUSINESS

FOR WHICH I WAS THERE - WHILE TEN
Eee — — —,

MINUTES AWAY STORES WERE BEING LOOTED

—en,

AND PEOPLE WERE BEING KILLED.

THERE WERE SEVERAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN

PRESBYTERIANS AT THE MEETING.| ONE OF
EB MEE!

THEM SAID TO ME ABOUT THE RODNEY KING

ee

VERDICT,{ "THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONCERN,

Rr es

BUT YOU WILL NEVER KNOW WHAT IT FEELS

=

LIKE TO SE BLACK AND IN TROUBLE WITH THE

rovxce.")

Now, POLICE OFFICERS DO WHAT MOST

—

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ane OF US WOULD NOT WANT TO DO. finer WORK

Wh
: oi st my ot aoe ‘ HARD; [URBAN PQLICE RISK THEIR LIVES AND

lps t yielpnte SOMETIMES LOSE THEM, FOR NOT VERY MUCH
*
QIN ye [ors yt MONEY. | THE LESSON HERE IS NOT THAT
W nen
pe toy ° POLICE ARE INSENSITIVE OR RACIST.{ THE
{Mt yt
- v LESSON WHICH WE MUST LEARN IS THAT
gift oa

a POLICE DO REFLECT THE WAY THE SOCIETY
? THINKS.

I RECALLED THE BLACK COLLEGE PRO-

FESSOR, WAITING FOR_HIS WIFE WHO WAS
Late ed
MAKING A SPEECH; HE WAS WINDOW SHOPPING,
LOOKING AT A JEWELRY STO h, AND WAS
sun ofr toads

ARRESTED, ROUGHED UP.

Anp I READ Te ABOUT
A lest w&weh

Domestic PoLticy
ial

cei -1- «&

Mercede:«

THADDEUS GARRET,~A
Wier
ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT BUSH, WHO WAS

PICKED UP BY THE POLICE, WALKING THROUGH

EMBASSY ROuLJN, JEANS pe TEE SHIRT. It

WAS GARBELLWHO.ZATS-FRIDAY FINALLY TOLD

THE PRESIDENT, AND WHO WAS INSTRUMENTAL
RCT,

IN PERSUADING PRESIDENT BuSH TO ACKNOWL-

ea

13

EDGE A DENIAL OF JUSTICE WHICH HAS AS~
SAULTED EVERY AMERICAN REGARDLESS OF
COLOR.

WE WILL BE THINKING AND, TALKING
ABOUT THIS FOR A LONG

IME; BUT IT SEEMS

TO ME THAT. C
eee

KNOW IN A W WAY_-TH?

Pro eae

GHT 1

WHICH THEIR\LORD AAU

iffpcgarrve I

~THAT RACISM, THE FUNDAMENTAL

Bee Ds

DENIAL OF THE HUMANITY OF OTHER PEOPLE

BECAUSE OF THEIR RACE, IS STILL VERY

MUCH WITH US, AND THAT THERE IS WORK TO
ST

BE BONE;

-THAT ALL THE LOOTERS Weer

EXPRESSING RAGE, BUT THAT NOTHING IS $0

ARROGANT AS THE REEUSAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE

SECs.
THAT PEOPLE ARE DEEPLY AND PROFOUNDLY

==

HURT;

-AND THAT WHEN THE RACISM WHICH

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EXISTS IN UGLY ETHNIC HUMOR, FOR IN-

STANCE, WHEN THAT RACISM COMBINES WITH

AN ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY WHICH PRODUCES

INCREDIBLE WEALTH FOR A FEW AND INCREDI-
ae

BLE POVERTY FOR MANY, THERE IS A STATE
qe ER
et

S FAND THAT UNLESS WE

OF INJUSTICE AMONG ©
REPENT OF THAT, LIFE L INDIVIDUAL LIVES,

BUT SURELY THE LIFE OF THIS NATION, WILL
one
REMAIN IN MORTAL DANGER.
How IMPORTANT IS inf Lewis THOMAS
oe Sar

HAS WRITTEN A FINE NEW BOOK ON THE HUMAN

PROSPECT ENTITLED THE FRAGILE SpECIES.

“'THe FUTURE," THOMAS BELIEVES| "DEPENDS

ON OUR GETTING ALONG AND RECOGNIZING,

CELEBRATING OUR COMMON HUMANITY." [P.
eee.
26]
IT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE SOMETIMES WE

FORGET IT. | THE New York TIMES LAST WEEK
eee [

REVIEWED A DISTURBING BOOK, ORDINARY

MEN, RESERVE PoLitce BATTALION 101 AND

THE FINAL SOLUTION IN POLAND. IT’S

15

ABOUT A BATTALION OF THIRTY AND FORTY-

oe

YEAR-OLD MEN FROM HAMBURG, IN WORLD WAR
II, TOO OLD FOR CONSCRIPTION, WHOSE JOB

IT WAS TO EXECUTE JEWS AND WHO DID IT.
Filion
How WAS IT posszae? | How DID THE UN-

eee

THINKABLE HAPPEN? [arreR EXTENSIVE
Emmeline ee

RESEARCH AND INTERVIEWS, THE AUTHOR

CONCLUDES THAT FOR E PEOPLE WHO DID

IT, OR WATCHED IT, "THE JEWS WERE NOT IN

THE SAME HUMAN FAMILY AS THEY." THAT'S

WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE

HOLOCAUST - BECAUSE ORDINARY PEOPLE

— A WHILE.

eet ’

T'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER laa ag
THAT COMPASSION IS CORPORATE AS WELL AS

INDIVIDUAL; | THAT SOCIETIES ARE CARING OR
tee

UNCARING, AS SOCIETIES. Most SCHOLARS
win,

Se

QUIP THAT IF THE SAMARITAN FOUND ANOTHER
| mn

MAN ALONG SIDE THE ROAD THE NEXT DAY, ON
HIS RETURN TRIP, HE WOULD HAVE BEEN

Ty
REMISS IF HE DID NOT AT LEAST INQUIRE OF
a

16

THE POLITICAL AUTHORITIES ABOUT CONDI-

TIONS ON THE JERICHO Roao. | So IT BEGINS

Eo
IMMEDIATELY WITH YOUR PERSONAL ENCOUNTER
oe, =o
WITH HUMAN NEED; BUT AT SOME POINT,
COMMON HUMANITY AND COMMON MORALITY
tee

DICTATE A BROADER SOCTETAL ENCOUNTER.

IT IS PRIVATE AND CORPORATE. It rs

| mammal

TUTORING A YOUNGSTER AND VOTING FOR

REPRESENTATIVES WHO WILL TAKE SERIOUSLY
PUBLIC EDUCATION, AND HOUSING AND EM-

PLOYMENT AND HEALTH CARE We N NEED A

THOUSAND “POINTS OF LIGHT" AND WE NEED A
eutonncceet

POWER SOURCE - A SPIRIT OF CARING CORPO-

RATELY FOR HUMAN BEINGS IN THIS COUNTRY
WHO ARE NOT NOW AND WILL NEVER BE

TOUCHED BY ACTS OF PRIVATE_BENEVOLENCE ~
BY ACTS rE _BENI

THE CHEMICALLY. ERENDEN TS
WHO NEVER MAKES IT TO THE HOSPITAL TO BE
ROCKED, [rie AIDS. VICTIM DYING ALONE, THE

MENTALLY TLL HOMELESS WHOSE BEHAVIOR

ITSELF DRIVES AWAY EVEN THE MOST PATIENT
Pe

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AND CARING VOLUNTEER, THE CHILDREN WHO DO

es,

NOT VOTE AND DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO POLIT-

cial

ICAL AcTtTron COMMITTEES AND WHO PAY THE

weer IL

PRICE FOR OUR UNWILLINGNESS TO CARE, OUR

SELFISHNESS, OUR LACK OF COMPASSION.
ROBERT WUTHNOW, A SOCIOLOGIST AT
aria
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, HAS WRITTEN A
NUMBER OF BOOKS ABOUT OUR CULTURE WHICH
EVERYBODY IS DISCUSSING, MOST RECENTLY,

Acts oF CompaASSION: CARING FOR OTHERS

AND HELPING OURSELVES. IN THAT BOOK,

| ail

WUTHNOW OBSERVES THAT COMPASSION HAS

BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR VALUE

SYSTEM FROM THE BEGINNING. }%@BA%p=—ideeWE

"WE MUST DELIGHT IN EACH OTHER, MAKE

OTHERS CONDITION OUR OWN, REJOICE TO-
—

GETHER, URN TOGETHER, LABOR AND SUFFER

TOGETHER." | CWuTHNOW, P.9]

18

WUTHNOW REPORTS THAT 80 MILLION
eee

AMERICANS ARE ENGAGED AS VOLUNTEERS IN
SOME KIND OF CARING ACTIVITY FOR AN
AVERAGE OF FIVE HOURS PER WEEK AND THAT
THE VALUE OF THE TASKS PERFORMED 1S $150
BILLION ANNUALLY.

WUTHNOW WORRIES THAT WE ARE IN-~

Ca

CLINED TO DO GOOD IN ORDER TO FEEL GOOD.
HE cAN’T IMAGINE JESUS SAYING T HIS
DISCIPLES: (axe UP YOUR CROSS AND
FOLLOW ME - IT'LL MAKE YOU FEEL GOOD."

[p. 87] >

AND YET THEE ARE UNDENIABLE POSI~

TIVE EFFECTS.

= .
THAT "CAREGIVERS EXPER] UBTLE BUT
SWEET REWARDS FOR CARENE@FOR FRAIL LOVED

ones." A GALLOP,»PoLd” REVEALED THAT
PEOPLE WHO norterewonev OR TIME TO

CHARITABL CAUSES SGORE HIGHER ON VAR-
f 2 oe

TOUS AEEM THAN THOSE

WH9’DO NOT.

WUTHNOW CONCLUDES THAT SOCIOLOGI-

CALLY COMPASSION IS A GOOD THING. It
_ 6
PRODUCES A SENSE OF LINKAGE,\ A CHAIN OF
es Sa

4
CARING, “AND IT NURTURES A VERY IMPORTANT
eee aaa)

VALUE IN THE CULTURE - SOMETHING CALLED

C "COMMON HUMANITY."

At FOURTH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH WE

JUST CONCLUDED A 10-WEEK SERIES ON
RACISM - ATTEMPTING TO BRING INSTITU-
TIONAL LIFE IN LINE - HIRING - SPENDING
Le - WORSHIP AND PRODUCTION...

eyv ‘+
WE PUT’ A SIGN OUT WITH NEWSPAPER

FRONT PAGE AND HYMN WORDS:

"Gop rs LOVE; AND LOVE ENFOLDS US,

fe BS ered
ALL THE WORLD IN ONE EMBRACE: WITH

UNFAILING GRASP GoD HOLDS US, EVERY
CHILD OF EVERY RACE.” | ["GOD IS LOVE,

LET HEAVEN ADORE HIM," WORDS: _TIMOTHY

—

-NOT. es SAID MANY PLACES---
== =

POLITICIANS WILL USE IT AND THEY
eS

20

Puwlie Cynpada— ~
BuT SOMEWHERE SOMEONE NEEDS TO

AFFIRM OUR al -

HOPE ~ THE anges oc

RACISM. AND POVERTY.AN

SHOULD -

AND

D INJUSTICE ARE NOT

ARERR!

PERMANENT -
Eng
THAT THERE IS A BETTER WAY 0 BE ~

THAT WE Cou

AND CITY... wr !

| I APOLOGIZE |

E_FOR PREACHING - BUT iT
IS A MATTER OF VERY GREAT IMPORTANCE FOR

Dn
US ALL.

Srx YEARS -} I'LL BE 60 - I Loox

FORWARD TO SEEING Oud

£. Sucth Her Resrtl Bewrtd Hamre .

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