Our host has spoken. I have tried hard (from a position of leadership - parish board president) to convince our little parish to do similar 'out reach' - that is public speech that is 'counter-cultural' in the way the advert is above, to no avail. The majority of those in leadership always get squeamish, and fall back on a kind pietistic "that's confrontational and not what we are about". I argue it is a false "conservativism" (or just laziness) to not "confront" the devil in the culture, so far to no fruit.
Orthodoxy in America is a failing institution, led by those who are comfortable in the status quo...
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ReplyDeleteOur host has spoken. I have tried hard (from a position of leadership - parish board president) to convince our little parish to do similar 'out reach' - that is public speech that is 'counter-cultural' in the way the advert is above, to no avail. The majority of those in leadership always get squeamish, and fall back on a kind pietistic "that's confrontational and not what we are about". I argue it is a false "conservativism" (or just laziness) to not "confront" the devil in the culture, so far to no fruit.
Orthodoxy in America is a failing institution, led by those who are comfortable in the status quo...