Mass prayer and discernment

From our seminary president, Rick Bliese, reporting from the ELCA Churchwide Assembly yesterday:

"The last major "surprise" has been the tone and atmosphere surrounding the deliberations.  The deliberations have been passionate, true, but extremely calm and prayerful.  Whatever the outcome on Friday, if this atmosphere continues, the media will loose interest.  They were expecting an ecclesiastical food fight.  So far, the church is doing its deliberation on the toughest of subjects with great respect and prayer.  It's been a strong witness so far - especially to ourselves."

I like this, despite all my internal defaults to be cynical, to raise this or that "well, what about . . . " questions.   That's in fact what it SHOULD look like" if," as the band Casting Crowns sings, "we are the body."

Anon, and peace,
Chris

Comments

[Jake Erickson]

yup! I agree with Bliese! - see my post on it as well: http://amidweektelos.blogspot.com/2009/08/ideology-of-mob-theology-of-protest.html