Comments on: Approved for Ordination http://www.mattmckimmy.com/blog/2008/04/06/approved-for-ordination/ Computers, Cooking, Cars, Christianity, and More ... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:56:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Josie http://www.mattmckimmy.com/blog/2008/04/06/approved-for-ordination/#comment-8 Josie Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:45:49 +0000 http://evervis.com/matt/blog/?p=38#comment-8 I have always found the mixed messages about call troubling. Is it a call from God or an election by the congregation? Is it a call from God or job application to a given congregation? This annoys me as much as others get annoyed with Earlham claiming Quaker process but then relying on consensus rather than sense of the meeting or SMB claiming to be a meeting but only having the administration rather than a quarterly meeting to whom they can appeal. I have always found the mixed messages about call troubling. Is it a call from God or an election by the congregation? Is it a call from God or job application to a given congregation?

This annoys me as much as others get annoyed with Earlham claiming Quaker process but then relying on consensus rather than sense of the meeting or SMB claiming to be a meeting but only having the administration rather than a quarterly meeting to whom they can appeal.

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