Mike's first post on his blog

GA began with very traditional worship. Moderator Cindy Bolbach preaches an excellent sermon based the story in Mark about the paralytic man being brought to Jesus and lowered through a roof. Cindy pointed out seething I hadn't noticed - those who brought the man to Jesus are not identified as friends. We assume they are. If not, then it suggests that a responsibility of being a disciple is to bring people, maybe even those we don't know and with whom we disagree, to meet Jesus. Part of my reflection is that we are on a time when we need to be bringing each other to meet Jesus. We don't do that effectively by taking hard stances on complex issues we've got to stay in conversation with one another especially being sensitive to those who are struggling with the rapid pace of change.