Christian Hospitality . . . UR DOIN IT WRONG

Two religion stories, culled from the AP wire, offered without comment:

DELAND, Fla.—DeLand police say they are investigating threatening notes sent a local pastor after the 33-year-old removed a U.S. flag from a Baptist church's sanctuary.

DeLand police Lt. Pete Moon says investigators are examining at least three notes sent to Rev. Sean Oliver Allen.

[...]

According to a police report, the note read, "Resign this Sunday or else.''

And:

BERTHA, Minn. (AP)—A Catholic priest has filed a restraining order against the parents of a severely autistic 13-year-old boy in an effort to keep him from attending the church here on Sundays.

The Rev. Daniel Walz alleges that Adam Race's unruly behavior endangers others who attend the Church of St. Joseph.

Race's parents have ignored the restraining order, calling it discriminatory, and Carol Race, Adam's mother, was cited by police and is due to appear in court on Monday for violating the order.

"He said that we did not discipline our son. He said that our son was physically out of control and a danger to everyone at church,'' Carol Race said. "I can't discipline him out of his autism, and I think that's what our priest is expecting.''

Carol Race said it all started last June, when Walz and a church trustee visited the Races at their home address the behavior of Adam, who stands taller than six feet and weighs more than 225 pounds.

In an affidavit, Walz said the church "explored and offered many options for accommodations that would assist the family while protecting the safety of parishioners. The family refused those offers of accommodation.''

Comments

[Kevin]

So what do you do with a 225 pound teenager who is spitting, hitting and urinating on people trying to worship?

[Ken Lowery]

I was deliberately ambiguous in my delivery of these two stories, but in that case I feel there's a lot that's not being done on both sides of the equation--and, thus, something is going wrong there.