I believe that the conversation matters. If in the attempt to realize the reign of God on earth, we cannot engage one another in respectful and grace-filled dialogue, we might as well not even try.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
The Church's Bottom Line?
"Oh Lord, you've seen the figures ... "
Here is something to laugh about when we are talking about "fruitfulness" in ministry. How close are we as the church to the silliness of this Fry and Laurie clip?
I was actually at that service where Mrs. Lubben spoke. I hope I can clarify what was actually said at the service. The part you quoted about the "ugly side of porn" was indeed said. They were actually making a point that, in agreement with your statement, there is no beautiful side to porn as the general public may think. They were taking the "mask" off of the industry and saying, Hey look, this is what porn REALLY looks like - and it's ugly. It's not what most people crack it up to be.
Heh heh. How close is the church to this? Have you read your 2006 Charge Conference forms yet?
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Oh, and I love the opening euphemism. Can't you hear the bishop saying, "We don't have a back-door problem, we have a biological leakage problem."
ReplyDeleteI wanted to clarify something.
ReplyDeleteI was actually at that service where Mrs. Lubben spoke. I hope I can clarify what was actually said at the service. The part you quoted about the "ugly side of porn" was indeed said. They were actually making a point that, in agreement with your statement, there is no beautiful side to porn as the general public may think. They were taking the "mask" off of the industry and saying, Hey look, this is what porn REALLY looks like - and it's ugly. It's not what most people crack it up to be.
I hope this helps. :)