@Caltrain@flySFO@SamTrans This line is useful for getting back from SFO! But since SamTrans doesn't have real-time bus tracking, it would be risky to try to catch a flight...
I’d choose a church with a mediocre band in a run down building that makes people feel loved and wanted over a trendy church with a rock concert set that never learns your name...any day.
@whatifalthist Good history resists the urge to apply a narrative. Truth is distorted when reduced to good guys, bad guys, a struggle, and a happy ending.
@Tigers_Take@heatherredshoes@menlochurch Pretty normal for Menlo press releases (compare to the previous Elder statements). Although if this was the first I heard of the accusation, I would have no clue and have to Google it.
In response to claims that John Ortberg used his pastoral authority to sexually abuse a teenager, Menlo Church published a response: https://t.co/gy9gdMdxXo
@Tigers_Take Hi Tiger. I did not get an email about this.
You can find it by going to https://t.co/UTqrWw8Y20, clicking "News", then clicking the "Statement from our Elder Board" icon at the bottom.
@whatifalthist Can’t wait to see it. I enjoyed your cultural map of early 1800s eastern America in one of your videos... “crafty peasants” was one of the groups!
@DaleLoepp@RuthDHutchins Thank you, Dale.
My opinion: they struck a tasteful balance between honoring his contributions to Fuller Seminary, and clearly stating that they can't support his misconduct at Menlo Church.
@RuthDHutchins @wcsanders Traditional church buildings usually have a capacity around the size of a healthy community of faith.When the building gets overcrowded, maybe *don't* expand to a second building?
@RuthDHutchins @wcsanders If your church is so big that the pastor can't spend 15 minutes a year with EVERY congregant, be concerned that your pastor was attracted here for the wrong reasons.
@RuthDHutchins @wcsanders I have had so many disappointing and hurtful experiences with pastors from large churches. I don't want to make generalizations, but pastors who care mostly about "reaching the masses" often are hugely limited in individual human empathy.
@RuthDHutchins Ortberg's website still shows him as the senior pastor of Menlo Church, as well as a member of the Fuller Seminary board of trustees.
https://t.co/7Z292Fcs51
Fuller however is no longer listing him as a trustee.
https://t.co/dgTcHZ83Rc