The Haxtun-Fleming Herald - What can we reason but from what we know? -Alexander Pope

Hard as it is to hear, the business of the church is sometimes no business of God. Given enough time, every church and every congregation will experience the corporate side of church that sometimes has little to do with its declared focus. Today’s churches are ever in flux, an unsettling reality for many and an invigorating challenge to others. Fear is a moderating factor keeping us from ill-advised or rash moves, but it doesn’t mean that the soul of the church and its members cannot be wounded under the pretext of “doing the Lord’s work.”

Great resilience is present in small...