On the recordJanuary 7, 2003
I was horrified to learn of Wayne Owens' death last week... He was a strongly religious man. He prided himself on being a Christian and he took the responsibilities that come with that very seriously. One of those responsibilities, in his view, was the obligation that all of us have as the more comfortable members of the human race on this planet to reach out to try to help those who are not in such comfortable circumstances. He would have been appalled to see the lack of a sense of shared sacrifice that so often permeates what political leaders do these days. But he never forgot his obligations to himself, to his maker, and to his fellow man to take into account always the needs of others.
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