I eagerly started to read Joseph McClelland’s article in June, hoping that the Record was at last starting to deal with this question. While the article made several good points, it seemed to be a theologian’s reactionary response to the “post-modern age of technology and hedonism.”

In September 2002, a boy of 17, lost and confused, walked through the doors of St. Andrew’s, Victoria. He was a troubled young man. (Most of us remember him continually walking up to the front of the church during the service.)

Re April Pop Christianity — Knock on Wood, Count Your Blessings

Re Barry Baldwin’s essay (June).

As most of you know HIV/AIDS is a cause that is near and dear to Presbyterians’ hearts and Stephen Lewis’ efforts in this area were an inspiration to many. There is a group that is trying to secure his nomination for the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize and they have an online petition available to show support.

Re the Ministry in Crisis article in April.

I strongly recommend a balanced view as presented by Gerald F. Schroeder, PhD, in his Genesis and the Big Bang and The Science of God.

I agree with those who would critique intelligent design as creationism made more palatable. In any guise it is not science and it is poor theology. It is quite possible to hold a position that affirms both God as creator and the scientific evidence to support evolution at the same time. In this debate I have found a book by Kenneth Miller — Finding Darwin’s God, A Scientist’s Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution — to be most helpful and inspiring both from a theological and scientific perspective.

Thank you for your plastic wrapped baggy May edition. I enjoyed the whole issue. And the baggy worked for doggy’s walk!

What happened to Michael Coren's column? I enjoyed it very much!

It is with considerable satisfaction that we read Minister Deposed for Sexual Misconduct. We speak with first hand experience about two past incidences.

What does this say about the church when there is a committee set up to deal with such sexual problems?

I am a member of East Toronto Presbytery and attended all of the sessions involving the report by the sexual harassment committee regarding accusations against Bob Fourney. The meetings were closed, hence it is not appropriate for anyone to comment or describe the content thereof, especially with regard to the dignity and privacy of all of the persons directly involved.

I believe the zero tolerance policy of the church is a good policy. I also believe that Rev. Dr. Robert P. Fourney is innocent of the charges brought against him.

It is good to be back in the Presbyterian Church after 12 years in another denomination. I have been praying for renewal in our church. Now I see through the glass dimly one part of the renewal happening at Trinity, Oro.

Re Anne Saunders' letter in May. I took a second look at the March cartoon to which she referred. My interpretation of the cartoon is that we all need to have a long look into the mirror of truth and realize how often we exercise these five weapons of mass destruction in our daily speech and actions.

I went looking for the stunning nature photos mentioned in the May issue but find it not yet posted on your web site.

The Record kindly ran a picture my family and me in the April People and Places, regarding the official announcement and presentation of a bequest from the estate of my late uncle, Allister Irwin MacDonald, former professor of English at Acadia University. His will contained a provision that the bequest, likely to top $200,000 once the estate is settled, be made to King's, New Minas, N.S., in memory of him, his late father and mother, Daniel and Ella MacDonald, and his five brothers, including the late Rev. Joseph R. MacDonald and the late Rev. Dr. Donald C. MacDonald, onetime moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Canada.

Andrew Faiz's C.S. Lewis quote in the May issue was very apposite about nature. My initial reaction when I saw March of the Penguins was, What if life is nothing but a trek to the breeding ground, back to the sea, back to the breeding ground, back to the sea, ad infinitum, until death do us part.

Using the word appointment ignores the months of work of a dedicated search committee under the care and guidance of a properly appointed Interim Moderator. Using the word appointment implies that some outside body placed Rev. Lewis with us and ignores the fact that over 1,500 members and adherents called him to minister among us.