By the way, I’d like to send out an attaboy to the Rev. Dick Lincoln of Shandon Baptist Church for helping bring to the community’s attention the attempt to bring high-stakes bingo to Decker Boulevard — even though the county councilman associated with the move, Jim Manning, is a member of his congregation.
I don’t know from where I sit how influential Dick’s mention of this from the pulpit was in defeating the proposal so soundly that Mr. Manning himself turned against it yesterday, but I do know that the first place I heard about the plan was from another member of that congregation, who heard Dick’s sermon Sunday.
I don’t even know what he said. But the key thing was bringing it to people’s attention.
Lots of folks get nervous when preachers mix in politics. Not me. This is a good example of how faith leaders can positively engage issues to the betterment of their communities.
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