Progressive Wednesday

Introducing our newest columnist: Reverend Charles Lamb

April 21st, 2007 by Progressive Wednesday

Charles Lamb is a retired minister who isn’t really retired. After 10 years as a local pastor at E. Aurora Christian Church, then 28 years on the denominational staff of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and 5 years as an E. Aurora Village Trustee, he’s spent 8 years since retirement as an adjunct professor at Niagara University and as an assistant pastor in the Youngstown Presbyterian Church. He gives most of his remaining time to working for a safer environment through the Sierra Club and a Youngstown, NY group called Residents for Responsible Government.

Once a year he has to get back to his hillbilly roots by making a trip to the Great Smoky Mountains. When the E. Aurora church was voting to sponsor a refugee family, one conservative member asked why we couldn’t just bring up some poor hillbilly from Appalachia. Charles explained, “You already did that when you called me to be your minister.”