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COMMENTARY: This land is your land, this land is my land

Tom Ehrich

A month from today, American citizens will vote in perhaps the most critical election since 1932 or perhaps 1860. We are deeply divided, and not just over which candidates we prefer. Something deep and disturbing is going on now. It is time for citizens to take matters into their own hands. Even though recent politicians have done everything possible to seize all reins of power, we need to take them back, not because we crave power, but because “this land is our land.”

(Tom Ehrich is a writer, church consultant and Episcopal priest based in New York. He is the author of “Just Wondering, Jesus,” and the founder of the Church Wellness Project, http://www.churchwellness.com. His Web site is www.morningwalkmedia.com.)


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