"Send this to everyone in your address book"

Peter Bogert reflects on forwarded e-mails:

They are often sentimental, occasionally misguided, and - when it comes to Christian things - seem to be more often than not untrue. Sometimes they are several years old, and simply making the latest round by means of someone who recently got email.

There is an assumption that pastors need to read these things. I've hinted to our people that I don't, but occasionally I'll get them anyway. In many cases they are a mixture of Bible and pro-America politics. I am a conservative Republican, but I consider this blend of patriotism and faith to be a hugely misguided distraction to biblical Christianity.

Well said. Peter goes on to offer helpful advice on responding with grace and truth to well-meaning brothers and sisters who perpetuate these kinds of messages. His responses to these kinds of things, by the way, are pretty much the same as mine.