Some of you may have heard of the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding affirmative action in which the Court by a 5-4 vote (with Justices Roberts, Scalia, Thomas, Alito and Kennedy in the majority) rejected a school diversity plan based on racial criteria. The Court’s decision actually covered two cases with the same issue, one from Kentucky and one from Washington state. You can read a PDF copy of the opinion here.

What you probably didn’t know is that this is yet another instance of the “small world” syndrome. Many in the Christ Church PCA family have head me comment about this minister or that elder in the PCA that I know from various places and times. But I did lead a “former life” as a lawyer – and even before that, as a classics graduate student. In the earlier 1990s (yes, kids, I am that old) I was at the University of Chicago studying Latin and Greek. I became friends with many law students at the University of Chicago’s Law School through a debating society called The Edmund Burke Society. (Yes, talking is nothing new to me!)  One of my good friends there was a young law student who after graduation took a job in Seattle. His name was Harry J.F. Korrell. Why this lesson in history?

Because Harry was the lead attorney representing the parents in the Washington State case. He argued before the Supreme Court and won. A lesson for the younger among us: (1) you never know what you can do if you work hard, study hard and strive for excellence; and (2) you often only get one chance to form relationships, and you never know who the person next to you will “turn out to be.” But the one thing that you can be sure of is that the person is made in God’s image, is valuable and is worth your time and commitment.

After a long hiatus, the webpage with the sermons has finally been updated. It is now better organized with a separate page for each sermon series and hyperlinks to download the MP3s. In coming weeks, we hope to be able to make audio CDs of sermons available to listeners. They will be available on the book table after morning worship. We may also be able to ship out Audio CDs for a nominal cost (shipping). Stay tuned for details.

Watch the website for further updates in the next couple of weeks. WordPress (and independent developers) has made some significant strides in enhancements to its software that will be incorporated to the website. The result should be a continuation of a cleaner-looking, easier to navigate website.