Thursday, February 21, 2019

‘Very Nice Letter’

Here's something typical of a diverse Church. We instructed a deaconess to write a thank you letter. She ran it past me before she sent it. I commented that it was a very nice letter -- warm, well put, spiritually encouraging. Then the recipient wanted to see me. Was I aware that we were sending out letters like this? The grammar and spelling were all wrong, and some of the words weren't even English. The letter didn't follow the lines on lined paper -- and what happened to a Church letterhead? OBSERVATION: For this reason, it is important, in a diverse Church, to focus on spiritual intent. One could remove certain people from certain tasks, but that would change the nature of the Church. All within reason of course.

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