It is time…..
It is time to re-examine our understanding of the UCC as a denomination. It is time to seek how we can utilize the resources and benefits available to us a UCC church in mission.
It is time to dispense with negative images of our home denomination which are based on our disagreements with some individual issues announced by various UCC personnel in the area of social concerns. Those issues which are controversial should be opportunities for dialogue and discussion seeking understanding and mutual respect.
It is time to learn that the history of the Christian church is filled with conflict over serious and fundamental matters from the earliest times. See the letters of Paul which are a constant narrative of how he pleads for respect and harmony of the spirit in spite of vast differences of belief.
It is time to affirm that Christianity is not dull, monolithic or exclusivist.
It is time to affirm our diversity and even enjoy, yea, celebrate it!
It is time to learn from each other, understand each other without expecting to be in lockstep with each other on all matters.
(See the Bath Church web site under resources drop down Micah 6:8 blog re. The UCC and politics….an exchange of e-mail letters June 3, 2010)
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