It’s an odd feeling…
Posted by Brian October 20, 2005
to go from being one of the more “liberal” members of your denomination (Church of Christ), to being one of the more “conservative” members of your denomination (Episcopal Church).
To go from saying things like, “yes, people in other churches ARE Christians” to saying things like, “yes, I think the image of God as ‘Father’ is still relevant.”
Of course, I like to think of myself as neither “liberal” nor “conservative”, but simply “right”. Ha! 
(And, yes, I have unfairly painted each denomination with an overly-broad brush.) (And yes, I did call the Church of Christ a “denomination.”) (And yes, there are too many quotation marks and parentheses in this post.)
Oh my… From Church of Christ to Episcopal must be quite a jump!
I’m contemplating going from Catholic to Episcopal, and with that short hop I have a lot of trepidation.
But yes, I think God the father is relevant…
Yep, it’s quite a jump, Jim.
Oh, and don’t worry. We Episcopalians still pray the “Our Father” at every Mass.
I really like your site, by the way.
Your post could have used more commas.
(Oh, and don’t worry, your not right. I am.
)
As one preparing to make that jump (half-way through seminary), I resonate with your feeling.
And it will be wierd to be the conservative guy at the party again.
You know what I find odd, “Christians” who dont believe in God.
David - yep, that is odd!
dtg - and apostrophes
Jared - but at least there’s wine at the Episcopal party.
:)
Hi Brain
I came from Eric’s blog.
Hey I went from being a pagan wiccan to being an orthodox christian! Talk about change!
Hi, Olympiada.
Yep, that’s probably a bigger jump!
I’ve written before about my attraction to Orthodoxy.
I was looked askance at on a message board I used to frequent because I admitted to wearing tank tops.
I am amused that you are now considered conservative. Do you feel the need to try to counter the move toward feminizing God? Or do you just shrug it off? Me, I’d burst into tears the first time anybody made noises about it in front of me.
Oh, also–
“Restrooms”.
Kate - I actually have no problem thinking about God in feminine (and masculine) terms.
After all, God is not a man. God has no male “plumbing.”
Really, how can a person be “male” in the absence of a “female”? “Male” has no meaning, if there’s no “female” to correspond to it. So, since there’s only one God, it wouldn’t make any sense to claim that God is “male.”
Both men and women are created in the image of God.
Furthermore, the Bible uses several feminine images in reference to God.
Most (if not all) of the language we use about God is metaphor. God is infinite, and our finite language cannot contain all that there is to say or know about God.
Ah, the “restroom” at Los Montanos.
My grandparents were members of the Church of Christ and I was baptized into it myself. Our preacher used to refer to the Catholic Church simply as “Rome” and the other non-Catholic Churches as “the daughters of Rome.” I guess as a Catholic I feel like I’m the big bad.