tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196593.post4647033152814253646..comments2023-04-30T05:01:55.198-05:00Comments on Sky McCracken: Living in a Post-Denominational WorldSky McCrackenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13971591289953416023noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196593.post-66144391349815620872022-03-03T08:37:30.393-06:002022-03-03T08:37:30.393-06:00Thank you for this posting.
It drove me to two st...Thank you for this posting.<br /><br />It drove me to two statements from Jesus and one significant event He oversaw.<br /><br />“let your yea be yea, and your nay be nay.” This instruction/teaching has application to every Ordinand who swore their oath since 1972. With respect to Luther’s “conscience” issues, I have read the alternative option of Rev. Philip Wogaman, who surrendered his UMC clergy credentials in May, 2017 after 60 years as a Pastor. At some point, we all need to directly confront the oaths we took (Laity, like me, too) and self- examine our faithfulness to the pledge as adults…without dragging our Baptism into a simple self examination…as Wogaman did.<br /><br />“No one who puts his hand to the ploughing, and looks back, is fit for the Kingdom of God.” So your post raises some serious issues for any of us that ever “put our hand to the plough.” With enough mental gymnastics, we can all find a way to dodge a very serious commitment our hearts and minds previously made. Rev. Wogaman surrendered his credentials.<br /><br />Jesus on the Cross and the thief who merely believed. Can anyone imagine a scene where the thief who was with Jesus, in Paradise, that day being presented with the UMC Social Principals, translated to his language if he was literate, and told to read/accept them? Or simply the 1972 BoD, 2016 BoD, or 2019 BoD? Thankfully, the thief met the condition: he believed.<br /><br />Thank you for posting a thoughtful expression of accumulated entanglements. In the three examples provided by Jesus, we should be able to reflect, I know that I am.dryjordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745187434047464124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17196593.post-73519492710485369652022-03-03T06:25:23.054-06:002022-03-03T06:25:23.054-06:00You wrote, "Often, two United Methodist churc...You wrote, "Often, two United Methodist churches in the same town may find themselves at vast variances with each other in beliefs and practices." Never truer than in our city. Two downtown UMCs within walking distance of each other. One was MEC, the other MECS -- and never the twain shall meet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com