It is, IMO, a very un-Christian letter. She's had a tough year (deaths in the family (toughest was her dog apparently)) and her opening paragraphs are pretty blunt about how shaky her faith has been lately.
Then she relates a Cherokee Indian story.
Then she says that Thanksgiving is about how we decide to treat other people.
Michael Newdow could have written this letter. That it comes from a minister is disturbing. I've been shopping for a new church ever since she arrived this summer.
Yep. During a recent Catholic mass, a priest claimed that God was changing. Hmm. God is changing?
Being a life-long Methodist, sadly I have found that the church has become politicised to the extent that I can no longer attend. I left my church two weeks after 9/11 when our minister preached that the terrorist attack in NYC was due to 'world hunger'and that 'we must redistribute the wealth so that everyone has enough'. Socialism doesn't belong in church or anywhere else.
Our pastor (Methodist) basically tells us "if you aren't relying on Christ, you are screwed". He's a social liberal who has to constantly battle the old folks and their worship of their pet projects. Although he is liberal, he seems to enjoy hanging out with the conservatives because he likes our theology better.
He all but canceled the community Thanksgiving service because he said it was infected with Unitarians. He refuses to attend the local Minister's Alliance for the same reason. He made our lefty Associate Pastor go to it. Our new Associate is conservative. I can't wait to hear about his reaction to his first meeting.
There's the first problem - a woman pastor. Jesus only chose men, not women.
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