tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post4382341239432618053..comments2023-07-01T14:46:02.985-05:00Comments on Skating in the Garden in High Heels under my Alb.: NE Iowa on SexPastor Joelle Colville-Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06099855286381262526noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-84021054915396391922009-06-09T16:48:24.432-05:002009-06-09T16:48:24.432-05:00The statement was masterfully written. The wordin...The statement was masterfully written. The wording I would have used? No - but close - and I certainly could live with the final product. I used the word in the NT sense of people working together in God's name, i.e. "worship." In the context of the sentence I wrote it could as well have ended "...let alone experience working together in worship."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-71178414224653863542009-06-09T06:23:08.429-05:002009-06-09T06:23:08.429-05:00Ooh a new word...that I looked up and still am not...Ooh a new word...that I looked up and still am not sure what you mean. <br /><br />I truly did not understand the "move forward in unity" argument... I would have thought the one thing in the statement we could all agree upon was that ...we do not agree!Pastor Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212838423929588352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-90135186416970631732009-06-09T05:42:32.224-05:002009-06-09T05:42:32.224-05:00My sense is that those who complained it wasn'...My sense is that those who complained it wasn't possible to "move forward in unity" believe that "unity" means marching in lock step. It's possible for progressives and conservatives to work (and move) forward together. It's not possible for progressives and fundamentalists to co-exist in peace, let alone experience leitougia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-63041626436028423482009-06-08T18:35:26.308-05:002009-06-08T18:35:26.308-05:00As a United Methodist, I was excited that our Gene...As a United Methodist, I was excited that our General Conference approved full communion last year, and am hoping that your General Synond/Assembly approves it this summer. :)Wounded and Healinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442707317362036427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-54728833079644241412009-06-08T13:13:16.674-05:002009-06-08T13:13:16.674-05:00Well the guy that authored it kept complaining it ...Well the guy that authored it kept complaining it didn't allow us to "move forward in unity" which I totally did not get. The problem is we are not unified on this matter. The resolution did specfically say we should keep the old ones we have from predicessor bodies.Pastor Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212838423929588352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-32716459074309831042009-06-08T12:44:35.489-05:002009-06-08T12:44:35.489-05:00I'm not sure I get the opposition to the sexua...I'm not sure I get the opposition to the sexuality social statement. Is it just that sex is yucky and we don't want to have such a statement, or is it simply that it doesn't toe a puritanical line with simplistic moralistic statements?Mark C. Christiansonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02819932966315054909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7773623136948763395.post-54046342279378968042009-06-08T11:17:24.964-05:002009-06-08T11:17:24.964-05:00Great post, Pastor. Didn't make it to the asse...Great post, Pastor. Didn't make it to the assembly, so yours has been the first news I've heard of the results. Conservatives we can live with. Fundamentalist are the enemy. And BTW, I really like your style.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com