Comments on: Am I crazy? http://cindybolbach.com/wordpress/?p=1 from Cindy Bolbach Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:03:13 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jan Edmiston http://cindybolbach.com/wordpress/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-249 Jan Edmiston Sat, 09 Jan 2010 02:40:19 +0000 http:/?p=1#comment-249 You are definitely not crazy. So happy to see the blog! You are definitely not crazy. So happy to see the blog!

]]> By: Cheryl http://cindybolbach.com/wordpress/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-233 Cheryl Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:54:44 +0000 http:/?p=1#comment-233 The church needs someone who is willing to open these discussions and facilitate the work to move us forward. I believe we are at the point where we must look at where the PC(USA) is heading and also where we should be heading so we can determine the best way to get where we need to go. I am excited by your statements and will continue to watch where you go as you head towards GA! The church needs someone who is willing to open these discussions and facilitate the work to move us forward. I believe we are at the point where we must look at where the PC(USA) is heading and also where we should be heading so we can determine the best way to get where we need to go.

I am excited by your statements and will continue to watch where you go as you head towards GA!

]]> By: Jim Yearsley http://cindybolbach.com/wordpress/?p=1&cpage=1#comment-9 Jim Yearsley Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:34:55 +0000 http:/?p=1#comment-9 I will be watching your candidacy with interest. So far I hear a lot of contemporary and cultural buzz words and catchphrases. What I (and many of our members are) am waiting for is a moderatorial candidate who has a firm and complete grasp of what it means that we are Reformed AND Presbyterian. I do not as yet see an understanding of that in nFOG, or in much of what you have said in this introductory blog. I would be most interested (inasmuch as you introduced the phrase) to know your understanding of the concept of “reformed and always reforming”. Few concepts are more often misused by partisan activists on both sides of the church. As you have paraphrased it above invites egregious misuse. The exact phrase/concept as I understand it is "Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda, secundum verbum Dei." Translated directly that means "The church reformed and always to be reformed SUBJECT TO THE WORD OF GOD." (Emphasis mine) Rarely in this day and age is the entire phrase used. What do you read in this? Quite frankly, I am one of those who believe that the day of denominationalism may well be past. What was our conectional strength and benefit in decades long gone has become a millstone in the 21st Century. From days when we were the Mainline, we have become little more than the sideline, desperately embracing cultural ethos in a vain pursuit of past glories. It is all rather sad. I will be watching your candidacy with interest. So far I hear a lot of contemporary and cultural buzz words and catchphrases. What I (and many of our members are) am waiting for is a moderatorial candidate who has a firm and complete grasp of what it means that we are Reformed AND Presbyterian. I do not as yet see an understanding of that in nFOG, or in much of what you have said in this introductory blog.

I would be most interested (inasmuch as you introduced the phrase) to know your understanding of the concept of “reformed and always reforming”. Few concepts are more often misused by partisan activists on both sides of the church. As you have paraphrased it above invites egregious misuse. The exact phrase/concept as I understand it is “Ecclesia reformata, semper reformanda, secundum verbum Dei.” Translated directly that means “The church reformed and always to be reformed SUBJECT TO THE WORD OF GOD.” (Emphasis mine) Rarely in this day and age is the entire phrase used. What do you read in this?

Quite frankly, I am one of those who believe that the day of denominationalism may well be past. What was our conectional strength and benefit in decades long gone has become a millstone in the 21st Century. From days when we were the Mainline, we have become little more than the sideline, desperately embracing cultural ethos in a vain pursuit of past glories. It is all rather sad.

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