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Isn't there a city in Kyushu named Usa?

Your article (22 July 2012) on the singularly inappropriate change from "USPG" to "Us" pointed out the rather silly implications of a supposedly outward-reaching missionary organization named "us" (instead of "them") and the obvious confusion with the U.S. of America. I am also reminded of the entirely counter-intuitive British practice of using lower case letters in acronyms (i.e., "Aids"). Why is that the norm when, in fact, each letter in the acronym is the first letter of a capitalized word and—purely logically—ought to remain capitalized? (And why were SPG and SPCK usually exempted and presented with all caps?)

Fr. John-Julian, OJN
Hartland, Wisconsin, USA
johnjulianojn@sbcglobal.net
23 July 2012

But the name of the song is called Haddock's Eyes

I always thoroughly enjoy your weekly letter but seldom more than this week. Your beautifully written criticism of of the SPG name change is right down my alley. And thanks for introducing me to a new word - logomachy!

God Bless you all.

Hank Holman
Christ Episcopal Church, Diocese of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA
24 July 2012

Dedicated followers of fashion?

The subject of your sad little article this week is unfortunately the dreadful result of our church's inability to stay away from being trendy.
When women became the trend we found after 2000 years that women should be priests. When Homosexuals became the flavor of the times, we got right in the thick of that wasteful fight. Now we "Know" that it is wrong to try to change people's beliefs and so a missionary today had better know how to grow something or fix something or he's out.

I wonder what the next trendy subject will be that our church can't stay out of.

JC Eriksen
Grace Calvary, Cartersville
Blairsville, Georgia, USA
25 July 2012

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