Every Part Is An I
October 1, 1999
Out behind the
sanctuary on the grounds of most churches in the snowy north there used to
be a long shed. Covered on the top and three sides, it was usually open on
the south side. That's where church attenders stowed their horses and
buggies during the service.
They started tearing down the sheds around 1915. I've read a lot of
church histories, and many report how the space was needed for automobiles.
I remember as a child seeing a few of the sheds used for storage, but the
records say by the mid 1920s most were demolished.
The horse shed gave way to the parking lot. But those same histories don't
report the paving of the lots until the 1950s. You can imagine during the
intervening 30 years the rainy Sundays when the old horse lot was a muddy
mess.
In our time, a lot of walls have come down. And we don't yet know what
to do with the space that has been created. And if the sheds are any lesson,
it will be some time before we know what, if anything, will replace them.
One nation, individual
The Berlin Wall was demolished in 1989, and eventually a divided nation was
stitched together. The new Germany has made much progress, but reunification
is an ongoing process. The new nation is not like either the former
western-oriented republic or the eastern-dominated state. Germany today is
a very different and evolving entity.
In our time many walls are falling, and the effects are felt in the church.
Trade agreements are making allies of enemies. Travelers can cross the borders
of some European Union countries without visas. Several nations, Germany
among them, are debating sanctioning dual citizenship. Israel already has
it. More and more we see ourselves as citizens of the world.
Racial barriers are down, and interracial ...
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