{"id":153,"date":"2005-02-02T17:25:35","date_gmt":"2005-02-02T21:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lopeyland.com\/?p=153"},"modified":"2006-06-28T15:33:28","modified_gmt":"2006-06-28T19:33:28","slug":"a-few-things-that-have-been-on-my-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lopeyland.com\/?p=153","title":{"rendered":"A few things that have been on my mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few things that have been on my mind<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of these days, Credant will hire me.<\/p>\n

One of these days, we’ll get the home equity loan.<\/p>\n

Everything seems to be “one of these days” for me right now. I feel so frustrated trying to start anything because I’m never sure if it’s going to stick. So I do a little every day.<\/p>\n

My mom and dad now go to a Disciples Heritage church, a group that has ostensibly broken away from the Disciples of Christ denomination to which I belong. I was reading some of the literature describing the reasons for breaking away from the disciples, and basically, it boils down to:<\/p>\n

1. Homosexuality is bad.
\n2. Certain DoC congregations permit homosexuals.<\/p>\n

This is all wrapped up in the codewords “liberal theology” and “biblical inerrancy,” and it drives me nuts. In Luke 6, Jesus stated pretty plainly: ?Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.?<\/p>\n

So where’s the outrageous love that shocks the world? Where’s the eating with tax collectors? Where’s the healing the sick and poor? More people are turned off by Christians who judge others in any context, from Focus on the Family to Fred Phelps to goodness knows who else. We have entire subcultures of media devoted to preventing people from touching and encountering the real world, the one that looks at organized religion in any form and laughs at how farcical it’s become.<\/p>\n

Sigh. I just had to write while it was on my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A few things that have been on my mind One of these days, Credant will hire me. One of these days, we’ll get the home equity loan. Everything seems to be “one of these days” for me right now. I feel so frustrated trying to start anything because I’m never sure if it’s going to … <\/p>\n

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