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...understand how the words of John Shelby Spong could be met with skepticism or even hostility (Op-Ed, Mar. 6). But nothing could surprise me more than J. Stuart Buck's opinion that Spong is "singularly unqualified" to deliver the W. B. Noble lectures, or that the Spong is out to destroy the heritage of the Episcopal Church. That is, unless by "destroying heritage," Buck means opening the Church's ranks to any person who feels the call to service, male or female, gay or straight. Or perhaps he means making the Church a place of discussion open to those...
...elements of Spong's book that Buck finds so "disturbing" naturally come up when one has an honest discussion about church life. Spong correctly pointed out that most young Christians who go to college either clutch the dogma more closely and give up their modernity, or let go of their Christianity altogether...
...Stuart Buck is a third-year student at Harvard Law School. His is also an editor of the Harvard Law Review...
...this time, she had already grown to love music. "One of the things that made me want to learn how to play guitar was watching Buck Owens and Roy Clark and Minnie Pearl on Hee Haw when I was 8 years old," she says, smiling. "The guitars they played were beautiful." At Wooster a chaplain, taking note of her beat-up guitar, took up a collection among the faculty and raised money...
...Michigan, the Republican primary race has regained the status of an actual competition. Long-time frontrunner Tex. Gov. George W. Bush, startled by a drubbing in New Hampshire, won the South Carolina primary after claiming the antithetical mantles of a staunch right-winger and a reformer willing to buck party politics. Although Bush's maneuvers on reform are likely to be exposed as transparent, his move to the right will likely have lasting effects on his campaign, as future primaries will be less influenced by the votes of independents. A primary system that encourages candidates like Bush to appeal...