I am from a rural, traditional community and a church that has never considered the issues S. Roy Kaufman is addressing. However, we have encountered issues that have provoked power struggles and division. Kaufman is right that beliefs, practices and love all matter and that power struggles rarely produce redemptive change. We must ask ourselves: Have we lost our love for each other and Jesus? We must find a way to hold to our practices and beliefs while continuing to love the other. As Kaufman says, “Can we turn our backs on brothers and sisters on either side?”

Osiah Horst, Cobden, Ont.