tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post398608873648035974..comments2023-12-25T23:40:17.701-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Carioca: More Dispatches from the Hymnal 1940Daniel Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980949721733826978noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-42405917322166310882009-10-03T23:28:08.268-04:002009-10-03T23:28:08.268-04:00Pewster: I wouldn't be too sure of that. The b...Pewster: I wouldn't be too sure of that. The biggest problem in TEC, I think, it not the various sexuality wars, nor what this or that bishop (or Presiding Bishop!) said or didn't say. The biggest problem, in my opinion, is that the average person-in-the-pew cannot articulate any sort of story about their relationship with God in Christ. It isn't that they don't have one, just that they don't have the tools and confidence to articulate it. I think that is where the real work lies, and you don't have to go overseas anymore to find folks who haven't heard the Good News.Tom Sramek, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17891982131922786298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-56329557643832759902009-10-02T20:23:24.610-04:002009-10-02T20:23:24.610-04:00Alas, I fear that since the pendulum has swung to ...Alas, I fear that since the pendulum has swung to the point where pluralism reigns supreme and all are saved, there is no urgency in TEC to deliver the Good News of the Gospel to anyone, not even the Sunday morning golfers in the U.S. Thus we get "mission" in the form of selling hot chocolate and ginger bread cookies at the Christmas parade.Undergroundpewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10182191422663119484noreply@blogger.com