Susan Andrews … makes a significant observation about the change a number of people are sensing in the spirit/Spirit of the recent General Assembly, calling it “a relational rather than a regulatory culture.” In some of the latest writing of the Old Testament, Leviticus 19:17-18, the Lord gave Moses the key to a relational revitalization of the Decalogue by adding to the familiar prohibitions of Exodus 20 the following: … you shall not hate in your heart anyone of your kin; you shall reprove your neighbor, or you will incur guilt yourself. You shall not take vengeance or bear a grudge against any of your people, but you shall love your neighbor as yourself: I am the Lord.” In the “church” that was being built in Jerusalem after the Exile, these words stand out, and can apply to the strident voices we have been hearing for some years. We all need to listen to calm and reasoned reproof from our spiritual kin who hold different views of Christ’s way for his Body today. I pray that every corner of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) may see, feel, and share in the movement of the Holiest Spirit. James H. Gailey
Brevard, N.C.
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