A Biblical foundation for current events

My mind has been in a jumble since the LGBTQ Presidential Forum last month, and I have been unable to comment on it. That was unprecedented coverage of LGBTQ issues by Democratic presidential candidates. The upbeat tone of support of us quickly dissipated in the din of continued attacks on us by the Trump Administration. The contentious noise of the impeachment inquiries and rebuttals by the Trump propaganda machine have dominated the news cycle and my attention.

Who is My Family?

I recently returned from a family reunion of relatives of my mother. She came from a large family of nine children, and some of her siblings also had large families so we had about 35 people attend of 2nd & 3rd generations. I am one of two surviving grandchildren of the Dahl grandparents who immigrated to this country in 1888.

Divorce Court

It’s time for the people of the United Methodist Church to have a divorce. Jesus condemned divorce, yet in our understanding of modern psychology we have come to accept it as sometimes a necessity. When people quarrel endlessly for 47 years, disparaging each other, and focusing on a single unresolved issue, then it’s time to move on.

We’ve heard pleas for reconciliation and discernment, and the Council of Bishops tried to open up church polity to more diversity. It failed, and with it we got a confirmed position of maintaining the status quo both in terms of doctrine and in church structure. Folks worry that the complicated structure of a connectional denomination that doesn’t have “independent” congregations will simply dissolve into nothing. The Episcopalians and Presbyterians did it and survived.