Many years ago, back in the 1970’s, a new magazine appeared on the religious scene. Titled “The Wittenberg Door,” the publisher, Mike Yaconelli (of Youth Specialties fame) promised a different take on the nature of faith, a perspective that was willing to poke fun of the human frailties of the church.
That was all well and good, until a particular issue came out. For the majority of readers it arrived as a dog-eared, poorly typed, photocopy of the magazine. There was an accompanying letter which stated that due to technical difficulties the publishers didn’t have enough fully produced copies for all, and so that the “finished” copies had been reserved for financial supporters of the magazine, and that they hoped that we wouldn’t mind getting this photocopied version instead.
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