May 11, 2008
CHURCHES WITHOUT STEEPLES: The Woman at the Well May Be at Starbucks
By Bill McClure My brother was once a professional Pacific Ocean fisherman. I vividly remember the times we were out in his boat looking for increasingly hard-to-find salmon. It was so windy one time I could barely stand straight and had to hold on to avoid falling overboard. Another time, in spite of over-the-counter remedies, I got really seasick. I also recall the time we went far from shore””even losing sight of land””and the fog became so dense we navigated using only the radar gear on board. It dawned on me later: we had taken some major risks. Why would
