Comments on: Why bother?… http://kairosblog.com/blog/2006/07/23/why-bother/ Along for the Journey...On God's Time Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:03:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: NPH http://kairosblog.com/blog/2006/07/23/why-bother/comment-page-1/#comment-56 NPH Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:08:13 +0000 http://kairosblog.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/why-bother/#comment-56 I couldn't avoid noticing in photos taken of the event that the participants are almost all white men. Do with that what you will. It's the desire to have leaders in the church who give marching orders that strikes me the most. It's as if church members can't be trusted to discern the will of God on their own without some bold (male) leader to "take a stand" and issue directives: direct all your mission giving, examine candidates for ordination about their sex lives, demand this, demand that. It's, as you have said before, a radically different understanding of the church. I couldn’t avoid noticing in photos taken of the event that the participants are almost all white men. Do with that what you will.

It’s the desire to have leaders in the church who give marching orders that strikes me the most. It’s as if church members can’t be trusted to discern the will of God on their own without some bold (male) leader to “take a stand” and issue directives: direct all your mission giving, examine candidates for ordination about their sex lives, demand this, demand that. It’s, as you have said before, a radically different understanding of the church.

]]> By: jim http://kairosblog.com/blog/2006/07/23/why-bother/comment-page-1/#comment-55 jim Sun, 23 Jul 2006 09:02:46 +0000 http://kairosblog.wordpress.com/2006/07/23/why-bother/#comment-55 I just love how that particuluar commenter remains anonymous on that blog, oh well... A majority mix of those types of churches in any one presbytery would make for a pretty impoverished one at that. We've all got something to learn from one another (as I believe the PUP participants said over and over again) and until we put down our agendas and acknowledge that, this denomination is going to go nowhere but in circles. Sounds like conservatives like these are getting ready for all out war. Lord, help us. I just love how that particuluar commenter remains anonymous on that blog, oh well…

A majority mix of those types of churches in any one presbytery would make for a pretty impoverished one at that. We’ve all got something to learn from one another (as I believe the PUP participants said over and over again) and until we put down our agendas and acknowledge that, this denomination is going to go nowhere but in circles.

Sounds like conservatives like these are getting ready for all out war. Lord, help us.

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