(From a series of Facebook posts beginning Oct. 31st2017, David Landt)
Today is the 500th anniversary since Martin Luther nailed his provocative 95 theses to the Wittenberg church door. October 31st, 1517 is the symbolic beginning of the Protestant Reformation.
Church historian Phyllis Tickle said that every 500 years, for the past 2000 years, the church has had a huge garage sale. If this is true then we are living in the 5th round of upheaval, change and renewal. This is the 5th-five-hundred-year cycle in the life of Christian history. This is version 5.0 of reformation.
Today, I am imagining the Facebook Wall to be the distant technological great grandchild of the Church door in the public square 500 years ago. I do not have a 95 point thesis. I will simply post an alliterated list of 6 reforms.
I am sure, even if you don’t consider yourself particularly religious, that you have or can think of reforms that you would like to see adopted in institutional religious practice that would make for a more just and generous future. This is as good a day as any to think about and name them.
Church historian Phyllis Tickle said that every 500 years, for the past 2000 years, the church has had a huge garage sale. If this is true then we are living in the 5th round of upheaval, change and renewal. This is the 5th-five-hundred-year cycle in the life of Christian history. This is version 5.0 of reformation.
Today, I am imagining the Facebook Wall to be the distant technological great grandchild of the Church door in the public square 500 years ago. I do not have a 95 point thesis. I will simply post an alliterated list of 6 reforms.
I am sure, even if you don’t consider yourself particularly religious, that you have or can think of reforms that you would like to see adopted in institutional religious practice that would make for a more just and generous future. This is as good a day as any to think about and name them.
The religious word for changing is repentance. I will offer my 6 words of repentance (change) on this anniversary of protest and reform. I would like to see my church and me repent from Christendom, Capitalism, Consumerism, Certainty, Clannish Self-protection, and Contempt.
1) Repenting of Christendom, which is a reformation of power.
2) Repenting of Capitalism, which is a reformation of trust.
3) Repenting of Consumerism, which is a reformation of identity.
4) Repenting of Certainty, which is a reformation of authority.
5) Repenting of Clannish Self-Protection, which is a reformation of tribe.
6) Repenting of Contempt, which is a reformation of the heart.
1) Repenting of Christendom, which is a reformation of power.
2) Repenting of Capitalism, which is a reformation of trust.
3) Repenting of Consumerism, which is a reformation of identity.
4) Repenting of Certainty, which is a reformation of authority.
5) Repenting of Clannish Self-Protection, which is a reformation of tribe.
6) Repenting of Contempt, which is a reformation of the heart.
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