When I first saw the news, I felt a sense of vindication rising up in me. At last, the truth would be revealed, and justice would be served! Then I read the news articles and the full text of the indictment, and my stomach dropped. My sense of self-righteousness was replaced with a sense of embarrassment as I was convicted of my own contributions to the scandal.
As we were nearly out of time, my co-panelist the Rev. Scott Kinder-Pyle was just able to pose the question, “How do we tolerate those who are intolerant?” in response. Such complex and ever-relevant ideas and questions deserve a response, so rather than allowing the end of the Coffee Talk to be the end of the conversation, I will address them here.
How does our birth year influence the way we worship or think about faith? Does it have any influence at all, or are the differences just between styles of worship?
Modern, stylistic, rock worship is employed in many churches today as a method of outreach to millennials and members of generation Z.
The question is whether that’s really what young people want.
Directed by Suaznne Ostersmith, "Weaving Our Sisters' Voices" brings forth powerful words through dance and movement, American sign language, song, and spoken words.