Employing the shield
Posted by brvanlanen on April 26, 2008
So in the face of over 7300 petition signatures, resolutions by a few Pastoral Conferences and a BOD and a demonstration, Synod President Kieschnick and the Council of Presidents put out statements after meeting this week. Both statements are disappointing since they provide nothing new in terms of information regardomg the issue at hand. Instead there is hiding behind that ”executive session” thing. There is also use of the 4th & 8th commandments apparently as a shield. The COP letter also mentions that there wasn’t a dissenting vote, interesting when you consider the above resolutions. Here’s some other reaction:
Pastor Weedon expresses disappointment with the COP while sharing a post from Pastor Oberdieck.
Pastor Cwirla provides some education on the 4th and 8th commandments. Speaking of the 8th commandment Pastor Brown and Pastor Hall educate as well.
Meanwhile, Mollie has some interesting insights while explaining SynodSpeak and pointing out double standards. And Chrysostom calls President Kieschnick’s letter a sign of a failed presidency and the COP letter a failure of leadership.
The General takes a humorous approach on the whole situation while at Cyberstones made a discovery regarding the use of the Law.
On a more serious note, Pastor Asburry points out there are still questions and Chris Rosebrough points out strategic change appears to be underway.
Wouldn’t the better approach have been to provide real answers and start discussing the issues in the open?
