Wednesday, October 24, 2001

Thank you so much for printing the article by the Rev. Howard Dial from Berachah Church ["A biblical response to Sept. 11 terror attacks," The Citizen, Oct. 17]. It is good to hear someone respond to this catastrophe from a viewpoint of strong faith and not the usual smarmy, empty "happy talk" that most televised "religious experts" babble.

He neither points a divisive finger at a certain group nor begs for a cozy, feel-good, "can't-we-all-just-get-along" mentality, both of which are inappropriate extremes.

It is also good to hear from a church where people are not afraid to use the name of Jesus Christ, instead of the vanilla "God," dulled by electronic media.

Thank you for having the fairness and, yes, courage to print this piece.

Ellis Lowe

Jonesboro

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