[the_old_crowd] Good vibes welcome ...

[Neil Ward]

Hi Mike,

I'm really sorry to hear about your troubles with your church board.

I don't understand how any religious institution survives if it fails to
stay abreast of developments in society, including understanding and
embracing the popular culture of the day. Surely anything that stimulates
thought on theological issues is valuable in getting people to understand
their lives and hone their beliefs?

The following link, from The Guardian, relates to The Archbishop of
Canterbury's recent enthusiastic defence of Philip Pullman's "His Dark
Materials", for which he's been criticised. I imagine you've seen it, but
thought I'd post it anyway, in case you haven't and it's of some use:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,2763,1166054,00.html

This is a shorter version of the article - I recall seeing a longer one in
the printed paper, but didn't keep it, unfortunately.

Neil, sending good vibes


-----Original Message-----
From: Aberforth's Goat [mailto:mike at ...]
Sent: 11 March 2004 20:39
To: the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [the_old_crowd] Good vibes welcome ...


Hi guys!

I just thought I'd mention that I'm going through a pretty rough patch
just now. Things aren't looking too great with my church board, and I'm
angling at getting out of the job by August. Hopefully, I'll be able to
start at the U of Zrich then too - and find a few jobs to keep the
family ship above water.

Not feeling good about the church either. I'm sorry to give up working
for a bunch of people I've spent the last five years ittitating,
enjoying, serving, loving, bitching about and even loving.

For those of you who are interested in theological stuff, here's a bit
of a write up I did for a theological site. There's some HP involved,
but it was meant for the theologican crowd:

http://www.opensourcetheology.net/

I presented the paper in question to my board - but it just didn't seem
to get through. Most hopeful response: "Well, I think we all still
accept you." I've been barking up this tree for 2 years now; it's time
to move on.

Siiiiiigh!

Aberforth's Goat (a.k.a. Mike Gray)
_______________________

"Of course, I'm not entirely sure he can read,
so that may not have been bravery...."




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