You spend Sunday morning being preached to by a lesbian. How are you going to explain that one away ?
No explanation necessary, she’s the interim pastor. Once the call is filled with someone selected by the congregation, I will resume my regular participation.
Many have stopped attending since the interim was placed.
While I’m not happy about the church my wife was raised in, and specifically, the ELCA, I do love my wife enough to suck it up and put a smile on my face for a couple of hours per week.
God will judge us all, regardless of which of his houses we find ourselves in on Sunday mornings.
That said, it is amazing how many of our congregants are far more conservative than their spouses.
It’s amazing how much we are able to hold our noses at so much of what we see in this country.