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Comments of the Week November 18-24

Comments of the Week November 18-24

“Reminds me of the old joke: St. Peter is showing a new group of folks around heaven. And, of course, birds of a feather like to flock together, so he says, ‘Over there are the Anglicans, and the next street over are the Presbyterians, and the Catholics are on the other side of town next to the Jehovah Witnesses, and shhh, we’re just passing by the Adventist group now, but pass by quietly, because they think they’re the only ones here!'” –Janet Prouty Brock on Which Church Would Jesus Attend?

Comments on the Editorial, Andrew Tate, a satire piece, and Aunt Sevvy

Which Church Would Jesus Attend?

“Reminds me of the old joke: St. Peter is showing a new group of folks around heaven. And, of course, birds of a feather like to flock together, so he says, ‘Over there are the Anglicans, and the next street over are the Presbyterians, and the Catholics are on the other side of town next to the Jehovah Witnesses, and shhh, we’re just passing by the Adventist group now, but pass by quietly, because they think they’re the only ones here!’”

–Janet Prouty Brock

EDITORIAL: The Kids Are All Right

“Agreed–nobody wants to hear the answers. When I was in high school, I was asked to be part of a Union-level discussion about youth in the church. I spent a wonderful weekend thinking, praying, and dreaming with 2 youth and Youth Directors from each of the conferences, as well as a couple of Union reps. We found a lot of clarity, hope, and communion through that conversation–particularly about how youth are seeking deeper involvement and not mere tokenism. Unfortunately, at the end, in response to our recommendation that this be a regular gathering, one of the Union reps stated that ‘you young people were only asked here so we could say we’d invited some young people. We won’t do this again.’ In the moment of truth, the highest leadership present betrayed the entire conversation they had cultivated and participated in.

The problem remains–youth are only wanted as symbolic representations of ‘youth.’ Little wonder young people continue to leave as they fail to find real and meaningful opportunities to be part of the church. Meanwhile, our church continues to cater to those who pay the bills–wealthy donors and retirees who believe it is their God-given duty to make sure things stay the way they prefer.
The problem is this: the church wants to grow and increase in numbers, but it does not want to deal with the reality that when you bring actual people into a group, that group necessarily changes. You cannot have stasis and growth. Thus the church continues to offer the form of participation and godliness, while denying the power thereof.“

–David Barrett

Andrew Tate & the Rise of Toxic Masculinity

“People like this are what the current political climate has produced: they define themselves by despising and putting down others.”

–Loren Seibold

“Good answer. This division, separation, and superior attitude is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG!!

I’m 4th-generation SDA. But I was shocked to find that few Christians, of other beliefs, feel division towards us.
I married a Methodist lady and started attending church with her (and she attends SDA services with me). My eyes were opened to how many fine Christians are in other church communities. And how open they are to me and my differing views.”

–Benjamin Thatcher

“Several, if not all, of the pioneers’ eschatological interpretations that still make it into the ‘Revelation’ seminars need to never get out of this freezer ever again.”

—Marcelo Plioplis

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