Your pastor's name in *those* files? Come on now.
So look— I’m still trying to untangle my jaw from the floor after hearing about this Kansas City-area pastor turning up in the Epstein files. It ain't just a headline, come on now, this is someone's spiritual leader. You put your trust in folks like that, you know? To hear Elizabeth Glass Turner say she was "stunned" when she found his name, well, honey, that's just the tip of the iceberg of what folks around here are feeling. This ain't some anonymous story from somewhere else; this hits home. It makes you look at the steeple a little different, wonderin' what else is hiding in the shadows of our beautiful city.
Here's the real one: this story, it just cuts right to the heart of what we talk about when we talk about community. We got churches on every corner, from the historic ones down near 18th and Vine to the newer ones out past the Plaza, and they’re supposed to be pillars, right? Places of solace, of guidance. To have a local name, someone we see and know, connected to *that* kind of darkness… it just makes you shake your head. It’s a stark reminder that even in our own backyard, even in the warmth of a Kansas City porch swing conversation, there are things lurking that can just chill you to the bone.
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