Originally posted by Cathy:
but hey, who cares, we need to "implode" first, then "explode," according to one poster. Who cares if we lose any souls in the process???
And, unfortunately, this isn't the only mistake taking place right now. We truly need to pray for our Hierarchs right now.
JMHO, Cathy
Cathy,
Knowing the poster who made this comment gives me confidence to say that his intent was not to say that the new translation was good because it would cause our Church to implode. In fact, his comment about imploding had no relation to the new translation. I believe his thinking goes something like this. We are imploding. Perhaps we ought to see the implosion in a positive light. The theory goes that some of our congregtions have a vision for the future that will make them thrive in the future. Most do not and is obvious in the fact that we have huge buildings serving 15-20 people and often concentrated in a handful of geographical areas. To be specific Cleveland and Pittsburgh. We can still make a choice. Do we continue to watch them die a death that may pull the entire archeparchy down? Or do we assist the smaller congregations to obtain a grander vision for the future? The grander vision includes uniting many congregations into more appropriate temples for Eastern worship and distributing some resources in areas of growth. We can have a controlled implosion which will eventuate in growth (an explosion). Or we can have continued chaos in which there is no vision as we have now in which we impose a liturgy, drain resources from healthy congregations to unhealthy ones, and all die. There would be no explosion because we would cease to exist.
The choice is before us. So far we keep making the wrong one.
CDL
