Note from CM: Yesterday’s back and forth prompted me to look up this post I wrote in 2012. Some things have changed in my life since then, but the main message of the piece still holds up. • • • I Know It’s Not for Everyone, but I’ve Found an Oasis in a Mainline ChurchContinue reading “Another Look: I Know It’s Not for Everyone, but I’ve Found an Oasis in a Mainline Church”
Category Archives: Mainlines
Defying Categories
Many of us look for role models to guide us in our lives, our work, our faith traditions. I like to honor people who defy categorization, who are thoughtful enough to recognize that life’s palette contains more than black and white, who are humble enough to bow before mystery, bold enough to embrace truth andContinue reading “Defying Categories”
Ageism in the Church?
Some days more than others, and for various reasons, I’m glad I’m not a Methodist anymore. No, seriously, the trend this article from CT’s Live Blog reports is happening in many church bodies and denominations. I wonder what you think of it. As for me, I’m all for young pastors — after all, I wasContinue reading “Ageism in the Church?”
Ethiopian Lutherans Sever Ties with ELCA
On Feb. 7, the ELCA News Service reported that “the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus (EECMY) is severing its relationship with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), the Church of Sweden and ‘those churches who have openly accepted same-sex marriage.’” The EECMY has been associated with the Swedish church for over 150 years andContinue reading “Ethiopian Lutherans Sever Ties with ELCA”
Follow Up on the Conservative/Progressive Discussion with Rachel Evans
Today, we continue our discussion by listening to the personal perspective of someone who feels caught in the midst of the battle between a more conservative evangelical faith and a more mainline progressive faith. As part of her excellent post, “Liberal Christianity, Conservative Christianity, and the Caught In-Between,” Rachel Held Evans wrote the following aboutContinue reading “Follow Up on the Conservative/Progressive Discussion with Rachel Evans”
Today We Visit the Liberal Circus
One of the main acts in American Christianity’s liberal version of the “circus” — the Episcopal Church USA — completed its triennial General Convention here in Indianapolis last week and, as usual, created a lot of conversation. You can read a summary of the General Convention and the decisions they made HERE, but here areContinue reading “Today We Visit the Liberal Circus”
The Internet Monk Archives 