GERALD BEPKO Commentary: Let’s celebrate everyone’s right to vote
Recently, our senior pastor at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, Kent Millard, spoke with typical passion of the “externally focused life,” recalling the lessons of our faith that teach the importance of leading a life of service. Scripture references included well-known lines from the Gospel of Luke concluding with these words: “What does it profit them if they gain the whole world, but lose or forfeit themselves?” Similar words were used 40 years earlier, on March 15, 1965, in a…