tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post8056314096651228072..comments2024-02-25T16:56:47.627-05:00Comments on Magdalene's Egg: Thirteen Letters, Sounds Like "Trouble"Father Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18170260624474428623noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-13551514353387594202010-10-21T16:03:34.936-04:002010-10-21T16:03:34.936-04:00Well, its not just the Lutherans. The RC's in...Well, its not just the Lutherans. The RC's in the Minneapolis area are closing over a dozen churches. But the RCs also have the excuse of not having enough priests. We, on the other hand, now have pastors and pastors-yet-to-be-ordained who can't find calls. So what are the seminaries telling prospective applicants?LoieJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01977264499770654307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-70381604919313292122010-10-12T17:00:32.657-04:002010-10-12T17:00:32.657-04:00The UCC is undergoing similar "shrinking pain...The UCC is undergoing similar "shrinking pains," but without the 'benefit' of a hierarchy to just say, "This is happening, it sucks, but this is reality." (I kid - we REALLY like our congregational polity. Maybe even more than we like the church.) <br /><br />For us, what is surfacing is the disproportionate impact this will have on our communities of color (congregations and constituent groups, both of which we have in abundance...). And it will have a steep impact on those whom we employ at the MotherShip; some of that is interrelated. <br /><br />We mainline denominations sure are muddled when it comes to "coherence and missional focus," aren't we?LiturgyGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15057237447008958156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15178007.post-4677447813460561822010-10-12T12:21:56.380-04:002010-10-12T12:21:56.380-04:00well my broken record is that the time is long pas...well my broken record is that the time is long past when the church can be exempt from the same laws that other corporations must follow to provide protections for their employees. That is, they must fund their pensions the same way other corporations must and they must provide unemployment insurance. <br /><br />And no getting out of it by providing the church worker with the "choice". No special rules for churches anymore. Period. We've shown we are not better than secular institutions at taking care of our workers, in fact we are worse - so no more special laws for usPastor Joellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14212838423929588352noreply@blogger.com