Sometimes a theme recurs so loudly and so often that the reverberations never seem to end. This time, reverberating with posts I’ve written here and here, I spotted a post on John Frye’s blog, a letter to Jesus by a disillusioned pastor. After four comments on that post, most of which I don’t think could identify, the fifth is by said disillusioned pastor, Fr’nklin, with a link to his blog where the original post can be found, as well as a postscript to the letter, (also see them here and here) which notes, “I’ve gotten several e-mails and personal comments about my letter to Jesus (by the way, I never actually mailed it), so I think a follow up post is in order.” From there Fr’nklin delves more deeply into ecclesiology, where he makes a number of astute observations about the present expression of church… all of them rather indicting. It sounds to me like he’s in the throes of what I have taken to calling “a crisis of ecclesiology” but don’t worry… it’s not at all the same thing as a crisis of faith.
Dear Jesus, the Exit is This Way…
by Brother Maynard | Aug 5, 2005 | Ecclesiology, Emerging Church | 1 comment
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Brother Maynard,
Thanks for clarifying even my own thinking about my letter. It took me a while to realize that the crisis I am in is
a crisis of ECCLESIOLOGY, not a crisis of FAITH. In fact, my faith in Jesus and my love for him is STRONGER…I mean, it is my
desires for HIM that drove me to write the letter…I hurt for Him like I do for me. I am glad I found your site. Your post
“to clarify this journey” resonates w/ me strongly…as it obviously did w/ others. Thanks…and ‘blog on’ brother!
Peace.
Franklin