The April newsletter from Lutheran CORE is out. The eleven page missive contains two pages trumpeting their August Convocation and nine pages bashing the ELCA. Surprise, surprise, they persist in charging the rest of us with error, heresy, and apostasy. Indeed, their theologian du jure claims that the ELCA is now directly challenging the authority of God.
In previous posts about the ELCA Church Council meeting earlier this month, commenters wondered why ELM representatives were allowed to be present but not CORE folks. Turns out CORE supporters were there and a couple offered their perspectives in the CORE newsletter. Interestingly but apropos of nothing, both mentioned the great views from the ELCA offices in Chicago.
The WordAlone Network held their annual meeting recently, and their big order of business was rebranding themselves as WordAlone Ministries and proclaiming a “New Day”. WordAlone president Jaynan Clark apparently offered an emotional plea of repentence, falling to her knees during her keynote sermon, begging forgiveness “for anything WordAlone failed to do that the Lord called it to do in the past 10 years.” Can I hear an amen? Why do Matt 6:1-8 and a blubbering Jimmy Swaggert come to mind?
The LCMC leadership conference in Omaha is underway right now. More later.
I read through those reports. I think we should refer Jaynan to a good psychiatrist who does talk therapy to help her with her guilt. Or we should get her on Dr. Phil as a drama queen. If she is serious, she is trying to take on the sins of the whole Lutheran church and only Jesus Christ can do that.
Kelly, I don’t know where you stand on SSRIs but I think there are some people who could use them.
Serious, how solid is a foundation if it is a rant about how something else is horrible?
Here’s a tip: if it sucks dead toads through a straw and you can’t take it any more, there is always the option to leave and not look back. It saves on the drama.
As for Jaynan, yes, she is a drama queen and fails to remember that IT IS NOT ABOUT HER. But I think she is demonstrating the Lutheran version of the flounce (see my previous post for link and definition.)
As for SSRIs, they’re a good thing. I presribe them often when needed.
Be careful! Commenting on Jaynan Clark’s theatrics on my own blog got me labeled a sexist.
Kelly, where do I find your definition of flounce?
Jaynan as /i/ /b/ depressed?/-i/ /-b/ ROTFLMAO.
Drama queen? Yean, I can see that on occasion, but depressed. Teehee.Oh, ladies, the silly things we say when we talk about people we don’t know. (You don’t, do you? I mean there is just no way, unless you caught her on a rare bad day.)
Thank you. I will chuckle about this all day!
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Blessings
TS
@Brant: a flounce is acutally an internet phenomenon. It’s the dramatic I’m (we’re) leaving declaration but then there is never leaving only continued drama. I get the feeling CORE is like that. There is all this talk of I’m leaving. I’m done, but then they stick around instead of heading off on their own.
Let me amend: Jaynan didn’t flounce. She was just packed to the gills with Drama. I don’t think she’s depressed, but she did evoke Jimmy Swaggart theatrics.
CORE is in the middle of a flounce, as in threatening to leave the ELCA behind, form NALC, and leave the Heaven with the paper cups and folding chairs to the apostates in the ELCA, but they are still part of the ELCA. The blogspot Faithful Service website officially flounced last week.
Here’s a good definition of a flounce: encyclopediadramatica.com/Flounce
Yes, a lot of it has to do with adolescent histrionics in social networking, but it is still fun to read.
Tony, you have to admit: we may never see eye to eye on theology, but i am packed to the gills with useless trivia. 🙂
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@Tony Stoutenburg
Quick tutorial in html coding (though I still screw it up all the time)
In wordpress the greater than (>) and less than symbols (<) are used to embed the coding(instead of the [ or the ])
For example, to italicize it's (less than)i(greater than)TEXT(less than)/i(greater than)
to quote something it's blockquote and /blockquote.
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Tony, SSRIs are prescribed for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder too and help. I have been told by a Dr. that some people with OCD make very good advocates for the underdogs and good missionaries. But some of them go overboard and are so obsessed that they don’t function well. It was easy for me to be a religious fanatic before I was diagnosed.
@Kelly
Well, I suppose you think that definition of “flounce” was amusing. Let me tell you, sister, it was NOT amusing. It was the opposite of amusing. It was completely, thoroughly and utterly DEmusing! And the website you sent me to was full of filthy, disgusting obscene banner ads! I have never NEVER been so offended and insulted in my entire life. So, I am leaving never to darken your cyber-doorstep again! This is it! Farewell! Goodbye! I’m out of here! For good! I mean it!
Really!
Thanks, Kelly. It’s hard for old dogs like me to keep up with the jargon that the kids are using on the intertubes these days.
That’s funny…the html tags for sarcasm didn’t work.
@Brant, Sorry about the website. It’s been a long time since I actually went there. It seems to get more vulgar as time goes on. (Come to think of it, it is blocked at work.) but it probably has one of the better definitions of the So long, Farewell Cruel Interwebs!
DEmusing. A word I may have to add to my vocabulary.
Btw, you have a good flounce 🙂
And with that, what were we talking about again?
@Kelly
It’s OK, Kelly. I am not really that easily offended. I know you didn’t put the banner ads there. 🙂
@Brant
Yeah, but I feel bad because it has apparently become a lot worse over time. Sorry about that.
Btw, I read your post on Bad Theatre. You’re right, it has nothing to do with sexism, but everything to do grandstanding.
I went to a Lutheran church in a neighboring town Saturday night. They were using the “Joyous Light Service”. The sunlight was streaming through the beautiful old stained glass windows that featured scenes from the life of Christ. There was a guest pastor who spoke of Grace. Sunday I went with my husband to the local UCC church. They need help sorting out what to do about their Sunday school. I still don’t know exactly what we will do about membership but for now these are some things I can do.