hallelujah

First i want to thank God for his immeasurable graces. Our provider has provided and brought extreme peace to a stressful situation. i went to my Theological review panel (TRP) in Berkeley Ca and it went fantastic. I dove a total of 16 hours of the last twenty-four and had an hour meeting with two professors and a representative from the church wide organization. Over all it went really really smoothly.

I had prepared with all my ability, and what was most clear was that the church wanted to do what was best for me and for their future. i was challenged and encouraged by their concern for me. the overarching question that needed to be answered in the opinion of the professor is the why question. why do i feel the call to transfer to the ELCA. some of you are wondering the same so i will share a bit of that.

1st heather and i have come to a sacramental understanding.
2nd the church has a profound expression of social justice and integrated churches.
3rd they have the same understanding of the word as i do
4th they are creedal and confessional a value i have come to love and respect through the catholic church

these are four simple but dramatic differences that have occurred, to lead to the change. the change is much deeper than this but this is a beginning of an explanation.

thus what is next? i am going to meet with some advisers on three topics; the creeds, liturgy and scriptural hermeneutics and the Lutheran church. I will meet with these advisers, due some reading and writting, and then move to the next step of approval.

thank god from whom all blessings flow!