I find myself increasingly saddened by this seemingly obsessive focus on “like mindedness” in the Church on what seems to be all sides of most of the debates that have split the Church throughout the ages. In our age we are more aware of different ways of seeing and believing than in any other age in history, which seems to exacerbate and exaggerate the situation. I am writing mostly in response to the Fellowship Gathering that occurred last week in Minneapolis, which you can read more about here. There have also been some interesting responses and analyses of the gathering from those who attended and those who did not (I encourage you to look at this one, this one, this one, and this one-the last one is probably the best attempt at being impartial).
I guess it is [...]