July 2015

The Divine Feminine

Sister Joan Chittister- The Divine Feminine: The Foundation of the Abrahamic World. Listen at http://youtu.be/OvArr4vZmbM… Read more...

What do I fear?

I think I finally understand. I am afraid. You are afraid. We are afraid. We fear. What do we fear? We fear that if the LCA remains as is, that there will be no place for me there. That if it changes, there will be no place for me there.… Read more...

Do I risk my salvation?

This was a question posed at a recent discussion at our Church, during a group meeting to explore women’s ordination. The Group came up with the answer that there was no reason to believe receiving the Word, the sacrament, or any other form of blessing, from a woman Pastor, would interfere with an individual’s pathway towards redemption.… Read more...

A ‘Cognitive Connection’

The ordination of women has no precedent in Scripture and as Luther reiterates, ‘women have no command to preach’. To disobey what the Lord has prohibited (1 Cor 14:34; Gen 3:16) will have serious consequences for the LCA, in not only the validity of preaching and the sacraments (AC VII), but ’subsequently, in its ‘culture’ of teaching and practice.… Read more...