{"id":4669,"date":"2022-06-29T02:36:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T02:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4669"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:34:10","slug":"sort-it-out-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=4669","title":{"rendered":"SORT IT OUT NOW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At what point does a church cease being The Church?\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEiZy84NY5n2IVEfSAPpVUfFRhMUl2RnGR8f4ObEOcqNzV6HBxomj_tf8EEQJjGPK8nGz_JRuV8lNW8Gs73aLJSM2Qnsobnxils7eH5TzFOTv94dRFHsJyBblfhG-odcibKrmRTFAUc_kU8lc8Ke603nziJMC8IGg68PsYc9pnRVnXJiLhP7bOYeS_bO\/w640-h439\/Sort%20it%20Later.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"207\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>\u201cI decided that we needed to be bold with our message of love and inclusion, especially for those who are marginalized especially by religion,\u201d said Pastor Adam. \u201cMy goal is is to be part of a larger movement that is reframing or redefining Christianity so that it\u2019s based on God\u2019s love for all people, but especially those who are marginalized.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>\u201cI just want people to know that God loves them and we love them and we\u2019re for them. It sounds so cheesy but that\u2019s the basic message!\u201d says the Pastor.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>\u201cThere is a big movement, not just in my generation but in all generations, of people looking for a more inclusive faith. We find it in Jesus,\u201d says Pastor Adam. <\/i>(Quoted on demilked.com)<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Loving people&#8221;, though, means warning them when they are headed for a cliff.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just imagine all the Scripture passages that will never see the light of day in the Clackamas United Church of Christ.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It can be a hard pill for us to swallow &#8211; because we are so adverse to being &#8220;intolerant&#8221; &#8211; but God hasn&#8217;t given the church the option of standing by idly as people drive themselves toward the cliff.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Woe to us if we simply shrug our shoulders and sigh, &#8220;It&#8217;s ok &#8211; God will sort it out later.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At what point does a church cease being The Church?\u00a0 \u201cI decided that we needed to be bold with our message of love and inclusion, especially for those who are marginalized especially by religion,\u201d said Pastor Adam. \u201cMy goal is is to be part of a larger movement that is reframing or redefining Christianity so [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4669"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4671,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4669\/revisions\/4671"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}