Lectionary Tales For The Pulpit
My neighbor across the street stopped by one day to tell me he had petitioned the city council for a variance that would permit him to build an 8-foot, or a 10-foot fence on his property along 20th Avenue, a street that our property also bounded. He hoped the new fence would serve to buffer the noise created by the thousands of cars that passed his house every day. He hoped that I would not only support his request, but write a letter articulating that support. I said I would do him one better: I would go with him to the hearing and speak out in favor of the variance.
