St. James Kansas Blog

NEARLY A decade and a half ago, this condemnation of fundamentalism was issued: “The fundamentalist approach is dangerous, for it is attractive to people who look to the Bible for ready answers to the problems of life . . . instead of telling them that the Bible does not necessarily contain an immediate answer to each and every problem. . . . Fundamentalism actually invites people to a kind of intellectual suicide. It injects into life a false certitude, for it unwittingly confuses the divine substance of the biblical message with what are in fact its human limitations.” This robust denunciation came from the Vatican, in a 1993 document entitled “The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church.”

But things are changing. Click here for more

You might be surprised……..I was.

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Big Brother to tape Edwina Gately

United Parishes announces the intention to hold their 2nd annual Conference this Fall

What should we do when our thriving parish communities are closed without any consideration for the community and their will to have church?

What should we do when we are shut out from decisions about dangerous people being given access to our children without our knowledge?

What should we do when the pledges that we send to the Church in good faith that they will support good causes are used to do more harm than good? What should we do when we object to this practice and are told that our suggestions will be “considered.”?

What should we do when our children are being hurt by people that they are supposed to trust, and the people who have the authority and responsibility to do something about it do nothing?

Click below for the answer:

This clip, from United Parishes 1st annual Fall Conference in 2006 may be brief, but it doesn’t need to be one second longer to answer the questions above. This conference featured a panel of the most powerful speakers assembled in our area to address these issues and others in our church.

The panel included:

Kris Ward; VOTF Leader

Claudia Vercellotti, SNAP Leader

Emily Holtel-Hoag, Future Church Representative

Tony Comes, abuse survivor and subject of the highly acclaimed documentary: ‘Twist of Faith’

Dan Thiel, United Parishes President

The second annual Conference is now being planned. Updates will be posted at www.unitedparishesohio.org. Bookmark the page to check back for the latest.

Frank has an interesting piece on the
Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability

And another about a
South Carolina judge ordering an inquiry into an abuse case

And last but certainly not least, there is this piece
which features Peter Borre whom we know from the
Council of Parishes
in Massachusetts.

Informational? Entertaining? Infotainment? Interesting? Maybe all of those things, or maybe none of those things……………

I must admit that the usual predictability of cable news shouting matches is not present in
this clip. (h/t to Frank and Tom for finding it!)

There was definitely a different dynamic taking place in this dicussion that distinguished it from what I’ve come to expect from these types of programs. One thing about my experience watching this that remains unchanged, however; is the feeling that after watching it, that there is nothing of any conclusive substance to take away from it. But there is nothing like a good knock down drag out to keep those ratings up………….and if there were any conclusion, we just might (YIKES!) stop watching.

Tighter internal financial controls needed:
http://voicefromthedesert.blogspot.com/2007/03/tighter-internal-financial-controls.html

A Proposal For Civil Law to Reform Parishes
http://voicefromthedesert.blogspot.com/2007/03/proposal-for-civil-law-to-reform.html

Click the link to find out more. It is called Take Back Our Church.

http://www.takebackourchurch.org/