Alison

Frank,

If this is the faux-heresy club, I’m another card-carrying member. I winced with pain as I read your story (both the first posting and the correction/explanation). It seems to me that those who hold worldly power will do anything to keep it, regardless of who gets hurt in the process. This is the exact opposite of the integrity you showed in your correction/explanation, and I commend you.

As far as that hymn goes, it’s so true, and a great choice for a theme song. It isn’t always easy to be a Christian, especially one who holds egalitarian views. I’ve been accused of heresy by some folks, and I attend an officially egalitarian church! But I know that under all the accusations, power grabs, and disingenous manipulations (even in officially egalitarian churches) are hurting people who are in need of compassion and healing. They just might not realize it, or might not want to do the often dirty work of looking inside at their garbage, instead of all the external arguments.