I just read a highly conservative online Christian publication insulting one of my role models, Nadia Bolz-Weber, by calling her a "pastor" (yes, with quotes as if she is not a real pastor) and then calling her a pastrix. I want to weep.
But when that article began insulting Outlaw Preachers, I knew they'd be right up my alley. Outlaw Preachers (http://www.outlawpreachers.com/) give me hope. The House for All Saints and Sinners (http://www.houseforall.org/) gives me hope. They're having a Beer and Hymns night at Hamburger Mary's - anyone up for a road trip? And my buddy Kevin mentioned The 99 Collective (http://the99collective.com/).
It's just nice to know that as soon as I begin to get weary of this exhausting thing called ministry and the difficulties presented with it given that I am a young, liberal, female intern in the ELCA... I can find places of hope for the new church.
Thanks be to God for the hope of a brighter tomorrow.
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Like everything else, the church is constantly growing and changing, even if it is growing into an old phoenix. There will always be a place for beer and hymns with people who are truly honest with themselves, with others, and with God. They know there's no point trying to be something or someone that they're not. Now... to find beer and hymns close to home...
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