Mailbag: Post-Katrina Bible Study

Occasionally readers take a moment to drop a line, and I always appreciate it and try to share. Today I include a link to an interesting article passed on by our friend from the Great White North.

Dear Sister Duct Tape,

We residents of heathen foreign countries and non-Bible belt Christianstend to look with envy upon those who live in areas where every secondperson (okay, perhaps that is a slight exaggeration) is an A/P. So this news item is truly shocking:

Bible Study Draws a Crowd (The Times-Picayune)

Best Regards,

From a brother in the Great White North (seriously - we had ice pellets in the forecast this a.m. as temperatures hovered around the freezing mark).
Brook T.

******************************

Dear Brother Brook,

Greetings from the balmy Southland where the only ice we're seeing is in the snowcones we enjoy for relief from the summer temperature.

The article is very interesting, especially since it takes place in mybackyard. Folks from the northshore (term for everyone in the area north of Lake Pontchartrain) usually commute across the Lake to work in New Orleans everyday or have some type of N.O. connection. So I would guess the area to be heavily Catholic. However, I’d like to see an actual breakdown to know the motivation behind the study and the groups involved.

This quote from the article is especially encouraging to evangelistic Christians who are looking for a chance to spread the Gospel. It’s also interesting that the Councilman feels true Bible education can’t be sufficiently acquired through the church:

Coogan, who is Catholic, said he thinks people rediscovered their faith in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and want more opportunities to express themselves in a religious setting. He said people who wish to learn more about the Bible must take it upon themselves to study outside of church.

What should non-Catholics think of his statement?

Thanks, Bro Brook, for sharing
--Lee Ann

P.s. – It’s interesting to see the word “secular” used in a news article.