Preaching on 9/11/11
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Of the texts appointed for Sunday, the tenth anniversary of what we now simply call 9/11, the Old Testament reading seems most capable of responding to the range of emotions we may feel as we remember the atrocities of that day.
Many memorials will be observed on this day, and many resources for addressing the anniversary will be made available to us. One piece that I would commend to your attention is Roger Cohen's op-ed from the July 3 New York Times. Cohen recalls a few lines written by E. B. White in 1948, lines that now seem downright prophetic:
