i must start this post with the reality that i was unable to hear the radio message on npr - it just did not work - i have heard it said by some that we have become a joke to the world - but many of the people i know who are not followers are very interested in what we have to say, but we are not saying anything. it is not that we need to speak with one voice, we just need to respect the voices of others; we do not. when we speak, our voices need to be consistant with scripture, not with the winds of politics - currently, we speak as a "republican conseratives" - and that is not the voice of the whole church. those who are the republican conseratives try to shout us down, when they should be lifting us up as another voice in the church.

pax