I had some "fun" today tracking down some over-generalizations, which got me thinking...conservative/liberal/moderate, what do these terms mean?
I am a Presbyterian... (who did his undergraduate work at an Assembly of God liberal arts college [after I transferred from a University of California pre-med program], while attending an evangelical, charismatic independent church, who later went to Princeton Theological Seminary [here I became a Presbyterian] to get my M. Div. and Ph.D.)
...who teaches at an episcopal seminary... (which at times uses incense, bowing and chanting, which reminds me of my family's Buddhist background)
...and who also happens to...
...like "contemporary" church music, ... (though not in the 70's folk music way; this music, by the way, tends to be liked by evangelical types, but I like the style not the theology)
...love the bible, ... (not always typical of "liberals")
...believe in the full participation of gays and lesbians in the church, ... (not always typical of people who went to an AG college)
...value those who think differently than me, ... (OK, classical liberal here)
...and believes that the vitality of church is directly tied to its knowledge and living out the wisdom found in scripture (but not in the same way that some traditions have interpreted scripture).
Oh, and did I mention that I am a Californian surfer, who lettered in badminton, can't throw a frisby to save his life, and who now lives near one of the biggest bodies of water that you can't surf?
As Liz Phair has put so succinctly: I am just your ordinary, average, every-day, sane, psycho, super-goddess.
Posted by Frank Yamada at March 25, 2004 05:31 AMHence, the title of your blog :)
Posted by: Susie at March 25, 2004 10:41 PM