I used to attend a Reformed Episcopal Church in Amarillo, Texas. I’m not there any more and neither is the church. (It seems traditional values are somewhat out of fashion in both marriages and churches, nowadays). The former rector of the church is a close friend, and he’s moved on to “greener” pastures (Amarillo is a lot of things. Green is not one of them), where he’s now the rector of a flock in Houston. Today, he posed a rhetorical question on his blog – is carrying a gun a spiritual discipline?
I would argue that it is – but not for the reasons you might think.