Perhaps my greatest disappointment with the tradition I consider my "home" is that it wasn't and still isn't a safe place to ask questions, explore alternatives, launch creative ideas of a political or social orientation. It is often overrun by a mindset that puts people in a box after just a few words are said that don't sound safe and familiar.
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-- Gordon MacDonald
I’m guessing that this problem is not limited to any one tradition, but I must concur that I have encountered many of the same things in mine.
It is hard not to notice how often belief becomes tethered to safety.
