Progressives have spent overwhelming resources to influence issues within the church, while we have lost our voice outside the church.
Do we spend more time in closed rooms--trying to articulate to other church professionals why we are right--than we spend speaking to the media and articulating to the larger world why we believe in the inclusive love of God?
Misleading terms
The words liberal and conservative, Garry Wills once observed, are the most misleading terms in the world.
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