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2019-11-04T16:12:47-05:00

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“Golden Rule 2020” Is Spiritual Gaslighting

Last updated on: November 4, 2019 at 4:12 pm By Clint Schnekloth

A pastor sits down in a counseling session. One spouse verbally abuses the other, gaslights and shouts at them. The abused spouse attempts to protect themselves, stand up for themselves and maintain appropriate boundaries. At which point the abusive spouse calls foul and accuses the abused of being the abuser. The pastor, from the sideline, says, “Hey you two, you’re so polarized. Can’t you both just follow the golden rule?” That’s a mini-parable that summarizes my reaction to the recent... Read more

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2019-10-12T12:15:26-05:00

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95 Theses for the 21st Century Church

Last updated on: October 12, 2019 at 12:15 pm By Clint Schnekloth

Disputation of Doctor Clint Schnekloth on the Power and Efficacy of Reformations (2014) Martin Luther famously posted 95 theses for consideration and discussion (though there is some debate as to where he posted them, and whether they were as singularly nailed to a blank door as is often depicted). Although the following theses make no claim to the same cohesion and rigor as Luther’s 95, they do riff on them. 1. Jesus Christ, when he said, “Repent,” willed that our... Read more

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2019-10-29T14:48:36-05:00

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Some Notes on Workers Regaining Power

Last updated on: October 29, 2019 at 2:48 pm By Clint Schnekloth

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks reading Steven Greenhouse’s Beaten Down, Worked Up: The Past, Present and Future of American Labor. It’s an account of the decline of organized labor, and real struggle we have to imagine strengthening the labor movement today. On the other hand, it includes inspiring stories, the most inspiring of which is the Las Vegas service industry organizing, and the recent rise of organizing among school teachers in Oklahoma and other states. As I was... Read more

2019-10-26T13:27:24-05:00

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What is our Reformation?

Last updated on: October 26, 2019 at 1:27 pm By Clint Schnekloth

2019 marks the 502nd anniversary of the Reformation. October 31, 1517 was the year Martin Luther famously (and perhaps apocryphally) nailed his 95 theses to the Castle Church door in Wittenberg. For centuries, Lutheran churches in particular, along with many other Protestant denominations, have observed the anniversary of this event. Unfortunately, these observances have often been national and confessional in character. They have facilitated and strengthened division, focusing attention on what churches are against, or what they are proud of... Read more

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2019-10-26T13:14:42-05:00

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Solving the problems of church in a post-program era

Last updated on: October 26, 2019 at 1:14 pm By Clint Schnekloth

“Surveying a congregation about the kinds of programs they want will not help congregations be effective.” (John Wimberly) If you are like me, as a church-leader you see-saw back and forth, one day convinced you have finally landed on the solution to all the woes of community organizing, then later that afternoon slightly despondent because you have discovered you actually have no idea what you’re doing. 21st century church is the best of times and the worst of times. We... Read more

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2019-10-16T15:12:01-05:00

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Dorothee Soelle’s Radical Political Evensong Credo

Last updated on: October 16, 2019 at 3:12 pm By Clint Schnekloth

CREDO (from Political Evensong) I believe in God who created the world not ready made like a thing that must forever stay what it is who does not govern according to eternal laws that have perpetual validity nor according to natural orders of poor and rich, experts and ignoramuses, people who dominate and people subjected. I believe in God who desires the counter-argument of the living and the alteration of every condition through our work through our politics. I believe... Read more

2019-10-15T22:22:10-05:00

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Why Clergy Text Study Groups Are A Really Bad Idea

Last updated on: October 15, 2019 at 10:22 pm By Clint Schnekloth

In a moment when overall participation in church-life is diminishing, it seems a natural inclination for church leaders to band together for text study. When you can’t find enough of your kind right around you, reach out farther until you’ve got a support group in place. This is a natural inclination, but it isn’t a healthy one, especially for preachers. Let’s explore why. First, think about how differently the life situation of clergy is from those listening to the sermon... Read more

2019-10-12T12:00:52-05:00

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Liberal Churches, Fragile Seminaries, and Aging Social Movements

Last updated on: October 12, 2019 at 12:00 pm By Clint Schnekloth

“Faith, however, returns to its Sunday school every time it nails its language into positive propositions about what it has faith in. For, in the cloud, in its darkness and its necessity, what we find ourselves in—‘an unknown that does not terrify us’—may be just what is coming unsaid in the saying. Perhaps it is after all not surprising that few theologians (conservative or liberal) practice such terms, that apophasis still plays a minor role in contemporary theology. Bad for... Read more

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2019-10-12T11:58:31-05:00

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Analog and the Analogia Entis

Last updated on: October 12, 2019 at 11:58 am By Clint Schnekloth

My friend Jonathan Rundman, in a song about receiving a mix-tape in the mail, sings: vinyl is so warm, digital is clean but tapes are something different you know what i mean i thank the lord above for things that never fail blessed by blank cassettes and the u.s. mail He’s right. Tapes have that steady, analog, continuous sound without the pop or sputter of vinyl. On a record, the sound is stored by the continuous texture of the surface.... Read more

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2019-10-12T12:11:15-05:00

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The Myth of Narrative

Last updated on: October 12, 2019 at 12:11 pm By Clint Schnekloth

So here’s the thing. Lots of people seem to be talking story and narrative these days. Many of my own colleagues are using a Narrative Lectionary, under the assumption that the Scriptures can be presented in worship in a way that gives a sense of a grand narrative. And I would say even in my own approach to preaching series and other work, the move towards “narrative” is implicit in at least some of what I do as pastor. Similarly,... Read more

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