Ken always had a good way of putting things. Here he not only discusses "ways of the world" that seek the illusion of peace, but also false ways that the church peace. He states that it is only by being right with God that we really experience peace.
Once again, we hear the theme of unity. This is not only a big theme in the Bible, it was a real thing for us in community also. Of course we were criticized from outside because people thought that we enforcing some kind of rigid conformity on people. Years later I had the thrill of leading this psalm (Hiney ma tov -- Behold how good . . .) while riding the bus into Jerusalem.
Clay continues alongside the same track as Ken from last week's issue. We not only expect opposition, but we meet that opposition with love and grace.I don't know what happened with Harry Orgovan. He was a young man in the community. I didn't know him well, but did play golf with Harry and Tom McCulloch which brought about stories about any Tom, Dick and Harry.
Rudyard Kipling really wasn't a regular contributor to OLT. This is a delightful poem. I think it illustrates the fact that our community was made up of a lot of well read people. Education was a high priority within the community. I think it is borne out by the fact of how many people hold college degrees (now) and many advanced degrees. No, I don't know the actual number, but I can mentally count many. There are probably many more that I don't know about. 
As I read this article by Ken, I was saying, "I just read that." Actually part of his thoughts here a played out in a later issue that I just uploaded to Facebook a little while ago. He paints a good picture of finding the ideal by just being who we are rather than seeking the ideal. Of course I like his quoting of Bonhoeffer.
Two things that I am reminded of on this page, 1) we were a patriotic lot who believed in the general belief that our forefathers had in God and 2) we weren't afraid to celebrate Halloween. Over the years, I had a lot of people complain that we couldn't celebrate Halloween in the church (I do understand their complaint), but here we were in the midst of our community, boldly using the word Halloween.
Once again, I believe that this is one of Brenda's pictures.
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