I hear you, my friend. You are not wrong. You are not alone in your thoughts and reflections. I hope and pray you find a safe place where you can thrive and flourish into the life of God he desires for you. I’m continuing to read you here on SubStack and follow on Twitter (for as long as that’s possible). We’re fortunate to be in a church that was planted 20 years ago to be apart from the “toxic façade”) by a wise senior pastor and his values have continued through subsequent pastoral staff to the present. We are always reaching for orthodoxy and stretching into an appropriate orthopraxy to meet the moment, not easy tasks. Blessings to you, brother.
Thank you so much for this, Robert. You are absolutely right here. We need to stop fooling ourselves that we could've changed these things from the inside. Because no response, is a response. "Not dealing," is being complicit!
I hear you, my friend. You are not wrong. You are not alone in your thoughts and reflections. I hope and pray you find a safe place where you can thrive and flourish into the life of God he desires for you. I’m continuing to read you here on SubStack and follow on Twitter (for as long as that’s possible). We’re fortunate to be in a church that was planted 20 years ago to be apart from the “toxic façade”) by a wise senior pastor and his values have continued through subsequent pastoral staff to the present. We are always reaching for orthodoxy and stretching into an appropriate orthopraxy to meet the moment, not easy tasks. Blessings to you, brother.
Thank you so much for this, Robert. You are absolutely right here. We need to stop fooling ourselves that we could've changed these things from the inside. Because no response, is a response. "Not dealing," is being complicit!