Fall is coming: the air is thinner, shadows darker; the sap is down in the trees, and, on the way to church last Sunday, I saw the first yellow leaf break away from its limb and go floating on the wind.

Seeing this reminded me of how someone once told me that, when Von Braun came to North Alabama from Germany, he chose this area because it reminded him of home. Having visited Germany and seen the mountainous landscapes of Bavaria, I know this to be true. Thus, although we inhabit what is known by historians as “The New World,” there is, nevertheless, something in it of the Old, and it’s to this fact I’d like to turn briefly.

It was in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church that my wife and I first observed Reformation Day. Celebrated on October 31, it’s a day devoted to Martin Luther’s present

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