Who would have thought a National Review alum who has been a long-time Evangelical voice on politics, known for arguing for civility, would be a controversial choice to appear on a panel about politics in a conservative, Evangelical denomination? A few years ago, that’d have seemed absurd. Oh, for a few years ago.
Here's a story from my childhood in light of events at #crcsynod but might also be interesting to people in other denominations who find themselves grieving the outcomes of other meetings.
For two summers when I was a teen or tween my family took a "vacation from church".
That meant that every Sunday for a couple months we'd go to a different church. It wasn't the full range of what was available in our rural community. But it was a bunch of random churches. 1/x