Malcolm Cowan wrote: > > >>> This was sent to me by the mother of a daughter with severe > >>> intellectual disabilities. > > `The daughter is the sibling of three others - Two brothers and one > sister. > The two sons are gay and in long term committed relationships. One a > member of the Methodist Church in the UK and the other a member of > the UCA in SA. The daughter is also in a long term committed > relationship and is a member of the UCA in SA. And in each case the > members of their respective congregations don't give the proverbial! clip
In 60 years of life, in 40 years in various churches, in 34 years of ministry I have been shocked and astonished by many people. Some are gifted, gracious, tolerant, understanding and a pleasure to know. Some are obnoxious, conceited, opinionated, arrogant and generally a pain in the proverbial. But I am continually shocked and astonished that God loves them all. And (from Zac's story) came to seek the lost (which ones are lost). If only I could be as gracious as God. The baseball story realy is a parable of the Gospel - life giving self sacrifice. Peace, Rob -- Robert & Barbara Dummermuth Uniting Church in Australia Esperance / West Nullarbor Patrol 18 Hicks Street, Esperance, 6450 tel 08 9071 1184 fax 08 9071 5814 mobile 0428 532 304 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------ - You are subscribed to the mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put in the message body 'unsubscribe insights-l' (ell, not one (1)) See: http://nsw.uca.org.au/insights-l-information.htm ------------------------------------------------------
