The SD Synod vs. The Social Statement
I've received many questions about the vote at the South Dakota Synod Assembly regarding a resolution that was passed to Reconsider and Remove the Social Statement, “Human Sexuality: Gift & Trust.” Rather than try to summarize everything, I'll be as thorough as I can with it and walk through everything. I'll post the resolution, my notes from the live blog, my impressions of the discussion and my thoughts on why it went the way it did.
*I know this is a bit long. As I said above, I see no other way to present this fairly or accurately. All resolutions and historic votes are from the ELCA SD Synod website.
SD Synod Assembly – Live Blog 6/12/2010
This is the Live Blog from the second day of the ELCA South Dakota Synod Assembly.
SD Synod Assembly – Live Blog 6/11/2010
This is the Live Blog from the first day of the ELCA South Dakota Synod Assembly.
Off to the SD Synod Assembly
I love road trips. There's something freeing about packing up a car and driving. Our modern journeys typically have less uncertainty than journeys or treks of the past; the excitement, freedom and adventure can certainly still be present though.
Today, along with another member of First Lutheran, I made the trek from Brookings to Rapid City. During our 390 mile drive we conversed about politics, the church, family and music. We listened to a few NPR podcasts, the Stuff You Should Know podcast, the Stuff You Missed in History Class podcast and a little O.A.R. (the live album Rain or Shine).
ELCA Synod Assembly Season
Well, it's Synod Assembly season. It started back on April 16th with the Texas-Louisiana Gulf Coast Synod and ends July 12 with the Slovak Zion Synod (the Slovak Zion Synod is mission based rather than geographically based). I'll be at the South Dakota Synod Assembly June 11th and 12th.
I'm excited to use this gathering of South Dakota ELCA Lutherans to get back into blog mode (not that I was ever really in a regular posting rhythm to begin with). There will be discussion, voting, fellowship and probably some arguing. My previous experience was fun, informative and frustrating - I loved it.
Rainn and SoulPancake Ask the Hard Questions
The last few days I’ve been spending time perusing SoulPancake. It’s a great site that focuses on asking and answering questions. Both contributors and members post questions to the site for the community to discuss. In addition to discussing and questioning the site also features regular columns and Creative Challenges. Basically everything about the site challenges the community to examine what they believe and why and look at the world from new perspectives.
I’m Still Here…
It was recently brought to my attention (thanks for the comment!) that's it's been a while since my last post. The end of the year is often hectic. That isn't the real reason for things slowing down though.
Discussion and Logic (and lack thereof)
Last night I went to Skinner's Pub with a few friends. We talked about politics and religion - oh, and the thread count of our sheets. We had some great conversation. One of my friends (he considers himself an unbeliever) said that one of the reasons he has a lot of trouble with Christianity is the lack of logic. He said that he finds it nearly impossible to follow many Christian's theology in a logical manner.