That post at her.mi had some great points about our faith and how we are called to individual responsibility in the context of community. I think it’s what Paul was getting at with his passages on bodies having many parts and all that.

The only disappointment I had with the article – and I really really hesitate to even mention it because you expressed yourself so well and so constructively (much better than I could have done!) – is that the comparison of how Phelps and Franklin present themselves came across as somewhat critical of Phelps and exalting of Franklin, and I think this was unnecessary to your main point.

I know you said you have watched a number of interviews of each of them and your article is not based on just those snapshots we saw after their races. But even so, to focus so much on Franklin and Phelps distracted me somewhat from your main thesis, which is that as Christians we need to be careful to understand our responsibility to the body while also bearing responsibility as individuals in relationship with Christ. That’s a thesis worth pursuing!

Your article brought up so many wonderful things for us to consider, Lesley, and I thank you for it.

From somewhere just west of Sacramento,
Tim