My Mother-in-Law speaks

Dear Bob,

From my for what it is worth department:

I hope you know that we support ALL of your endeavors,
and you have always demonstrated wise thinking,
adaptation, responsibility to all, and many other
wonderful qualities. All your current inconveniences
are perplexing, but I feel that the things that I have
no control over are things for which I cannot feel
responsible. I hope you feel that as well.

Sometimes I think that your writings are very strong
about your previous life experiences. You did what
you were given to do at the time, and you meet many
needs. You raised the kids well in a good, safe, and
wholesome environment. Perhaps the church is not as
bad a place as you make it sound sometimes. It meets
the needs of many people and has served society well.
It is like education, the steel business, some
manufacturing and other things. The bigger the
corporation or organization the more impossible it is
to change. Education is moving toward home schooling,
private schools, etc because the public school is so
unweildy it cannot adapt. The steel business laid off
its people to retool from manual or computerization,
The manufacturing places put themselves out of
business and to other countries to meet the needs. So
it is with the church. However, some kids are still
learning, people adapted to new technology, yet some
of the old and the transitioning remains while life goes
on.

As I see it, you are an innovator to modify the
churches, but meanwhile some continue on as needed for
many people and others push into the next area of
progress, transitioning, and adapting.

The following message seems to point to those who are
trying to change as being very negative to those who
remain in position to assist in the transition. The
one who is accusing the old is doing the same thing
and becomes the offensive. If that makes sense. My
thought for the day.

Hope to hear from you soon and that you are surviving
all of the decision making. I would be glad to help
or hinder if we were closer.

Love,
Other Mom

Neil Cole thots

"The church in the West, unfortunately, is usually in
a defensive posture. Christians are notorious for
being against another institution. If it is not
enough, we are often threatened by one another. Some
of us don't feel comfortable unless we are on the
defense, as if defensive a sin. We are so defensive
that it has become offensive."