Dear Friend in Christ: It gets cold in Volgograd, Russia, in December. That much isn’t a shock. In 1992, a year after Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev had dissolved the USSR, many large Russian cities were heated by large water-heating plants, which pumped hot water through pipes and radiators into. [...]
Publication: Pastoral Letter, December 2001 Dear Friend in Christ: Peace on earth seems remote in this day of conflict and tragedy. But it also seemed remote when the angels announced it at Jesus’ birth. Peace on earth has always been confined to those of good will_it is not a promise. [...]