The Bad Dog Boycott: Free Methodism ?
The boycott wil only hurt those who exercise it. While pastors from many churches in town enjoy the fruits of lively debate there, the boycotters must drive by everyday and make a decision to reject , dislike or perhaps even hate.
It is a road that leads to God-like proportions that no one can carry on their shoulders. To exist is not a thorn for the Dog, but to decide everyday to reject that existence takes energy , judgement, and self-righteous pandering..all of "that" is a thorn...
In the long and proud history of the Free Methodist church there was a rejection of slavery, rejection of the wealthy ruling in church, rejection of any and all secret societies, an advocation of women leading, ( long before many others ) and a sense that Wesley left the pulpit of the High Church to reach the common man , the poor, the homeless: the very people who are served at both the Bad Dog Grill and New Heights Community Church. This "campaign" to boycott the Bad Dog Grill has it's origin in people who no longer have any connection to the local Free Methodist church, but simply a personal anger cloaked under the guise of demands for Public Confessions and Mea Culpa's to, in fact, satisfy a sense of personal betrayal ...Do not be fooled.
The boycott wil only hurt those who exercise it. While pastors from many churches in town enjoy the fruits of lively debate there, the boycotters must drive by everyday and make a decision to reject , dislike or perhaps even hate.
It is a road that leads to God-like proportions that no one can carry on their shoulders. To exist is not a thorn for the Dog, but to decide everyday to reject that existence takes energy , judgement, and self-righteous pandering..all of "that" is a thorn...
In the long and proud history of the Free Methodist church there was a rejection of slavery, rejection of the wealthy ruling in church, rejection of any and all secret societies, an advocation of women leading, ( long before many others ) and a sense that Wesley left the pulpit of the High Church to reach the common man , the poor, the homeless: the very people who are served at both the Bad Dog Grill and New Heights Community Church. This "campaign" to boycott the Bad Dog Grill has it's origin in people who no longer have any connection to the local Free Methodist church, but simply a personal anger cloaked under the guise of demands for Public Confessions and Mea Culpa's to, in fact, satisfy a sense of personal betrayal ...Do not be fooled.
posted by mark at 2:25 AM
4 Comments:
What boycott are you talking about? I've not heard anything about one?
Good question, In reading the blog, you will see that New Heights has nothing to do with this. In fact New Heights is pivotal in doing many of the things that Free Methodism is all about historically. What's happened is that there are some prominent individuals in the church involved
in a boycott. Nothing official. The blog is asking if through their stance...are they upholding a longstanding Free methodist tradition of inclusion (as exercised by New Heights) .
Do you know Mark, if the prominent individual you are asking this question of, even reads blogs?
Cause maybe you should just go ask them - and haha, slap them while you're at it!
They only hurt themselves.
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