Colleagues, These comments, from good friends, continue the discussion of last week’s ThTh 34. Peace & Joy! Ed Schroeder A Lutheran pastor in mid-state Missouri writes:”Ed, you say: Let us acknowledge that in human sexuality, some folks are ‘wired different’ [=the term one gay member of Bethel used for himself] from heteros, and that God is the …
One Lutheran’s Agenda in Today’s Homosexuality Discussion
Herewith a copy of a letter I wrote yesterday (Jan 27/99) to a bishop in my church, the ELCA. Hi! It’s been 2 months since you sent me that packet of 3 readings on homosexuality. You asked for “input.” So I’m long overdue in my response. For me it seems that getting older means getting slower. There doubtless …
Theology of the Cross in the Holy Land
Dear folks, Here is my last piece about our trip to Palestine/Israel. Ed will be back next week with something completely different. Enjoy, Robin Theology of the Cross in the Holy Land This last piece about our trip to Palestine/Israel will finally give you the essence of what I experienced and how it has impacted my life. …
Living Stones
From Robin Morgan– Since last week Ed and I were, for the most part, less than complimentary about the “dead stones” of the Holy Land, this week I’d like to turn to one of the “Living Stones” of Palestine whom we met. As far as I can tell, if there is any temporal hope in that tinderbox country, …
The Impact of Holy Land on Faith
Colleagues, We got back from our 2-week pilgrimage in Palestine and Israel–all 26 of us–just in time for Epiphany worship at home. Four “goldie oldie” Crossings people were in the bunch along with a kaleidoscope of relatives and friends and friends of friends–some Germans, mostly Americans. Age span: from a 20-year-old college Joe to two eighty-something women with …