Michael Morgan

working on a paradigm shift

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

@suzania Satan?

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

@jmasseypoet But the doughnut is dropped chocolate side down. Irretrievable from the street grime. I dare say that doughnut was mourned.

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

@sometimesalight Yeah, the ominous overtones in this particular snippet of brand-gush are unsettling.

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@ruvalum @janefortruth My church does. It doesn’t fully disclose each staff member’s salary but it’s a small staff so the math isn’t hard to get in the ballpark.

I wonder if some of what we’re talking about isn’t just pastoral salary but church size in general. Size reduces transparency everywhere.

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

@janefortruth Almost like transparency and accountability are, like, really important. Radical progressive thinking I know.

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

@janefortruth Yes. And if a pastor doesn’t have people asking them why they want to wear or drive luxury brands, that’s another.

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

@janefortruth The way a pastor spends money is also important because it reflects their heart but because it’s a heart issue I err on the side of thinking it’s likely very complex and therefore difficult to judge without lots of specific conversation about it.

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@janefortruth I think I’m more troubled by the message it sends than how someone spends their money. In the same way I have been troubled when a church surrenders its platform to a political candidate during a worship service. I’m pretty defensive about the messages from the stage.

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@suzania @EconPhDropout @henryjkwallis @jacobhtyler @a_farmboy @Gregory17528152 @ifffster @snemes12 This is a very interesting point that I didn’t realize I agreed with until I saw you articulate it. I think I’d add that there have also been 2,000 years +/- of the temptation of Christ (“all of this could be yours”) that might have subtly swayed even well-intentioned thinkers.

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@SusanSAbraham @JBsTwoCents Whichever one got hidden in the shed that one time.

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

@jwilson1812 I had a similar thought watching the Ken Burns Vietnam doc and realizing my kids are as far from 9/11/2001 as I am from Vietnam.

Also, did you read it abridged or unabridged? I attempted the unabridged and petered out in the middle.

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@HootenWilson Wow. That is really great!

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@suzania I mean, so is wealth and the manners that surround it.

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

@suzania Like the higher the ladder to climb, the more suspicious one naturally becomes of friendliness?

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

@suzania Do you think this could be an aspect of wealth/social position? As in with certain areas of affluence, it’s difficult to identify genuine friendliness from an attempt to use you?

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@JoshLipnik Seared but then taken immediately off the grill to rest.

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

What if the entire concept of a city like New York is unsustainable, economically and ecologically?

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Telling residents to not use their microwaves while refusing to turn off the billboards in Times Square is class warfare.

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@KatelynBeaty In answer to the headline, maybe outside?

[Michael Morgan @MichaelMorgan13]

@suzania Smyth’s thread hit me like “holy straw man, Batman.” But then I’m nearly anabaptist when it comes to how I think about faith/politics at my age. I don’t even think I believe there is such thing as Christian policy. Policy is force, Christ is Spirit. Policy inevitably fails.