{"id":2560,"date":"2011-11-15T09:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-15T09:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/11\/what-many-of-americas-churches-have-in-common-with-penn-state.html"},"modified":"2011-11-15T09:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-15T09:40:00","slug":"what-many-of-americas-churches-have-in-common-with-penn-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2011\/11\/what-many-of-americas-churches-have-in-common-with-penn-state.html","title":{"rendered":"What many of America\u2019s churches have in common with Penn State"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Thomas L. Day wrote a fascinating post about the Penn State debacle for\u00a0Washington Post<\/em>\u2018s On Faith blog<\/a>.<\/div>\n
The post begins\u2026<\/div>\n
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I\u2019m 31, an Iraq war veteran, a Penn State graduate, a Catholic, a native of State College, acquaintance of Jerry Sandusky\u2019s, and a product of his\u00a0Second Mile foundation<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n
And I have fully lost faith in the leadership of my parents\u2019 generation.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Mr. Day goes on to write:<\/div>\n
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One thing I know for certain: A leader must emerge from Happy Valley to tie our community together again, and it won\u2019t come from our parents\u2019 generation.<\/em><\/div>\n
They have failed us, over and over and over again.<\/em><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
I agree with most of Day\u2019s thoughts. (Read the entire post here<\/a>.)<\/div>\n
Read more here<\/a><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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