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Theology Nerd Throwdown Takes the UCC to Alcatraz!

June 13, 2012 by Tripp Fuller 3 Comments

Bo and I were invited to the United Church of Christ Annual Gathering to rock the Theology Nerd Throwdown.  We were joined by Erin Wyma, Thea Mateu, Mary Sue Brookshire, and Dave Palmer. Best of all they secured us a space at the Alcatraz Brewing Company for the late night theology party. There were about 40 UCCers and local HBC Deacons in attendance and then an Orange County brewery that packed full of people who had this conversation show up on there Friday night out.   We must give a big shout out to Deacon Billy Steele for coming all the way from North Carolina to be there in the flesh!

In our conversation we discussed Obama’s kill list, women in ministry, the growth of progressive churches, gay and polygamous marriage, partisan divisions, and prophetic preaching among other topics.  You will notice that these UCCers go silent like MSNBC when I give President Obama a hard time but after that they were rather open.  A couple of the Deacons in attendance said afterwards “this is what liberal Christians sound like.”

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Shirley Savage
Shirley Savage 5pts

I was there, it was a fun night!

Orthodox
Orthodox 5pts

Finally listed to this while waiting in the Nashville airport yesterday...  Both funny and captivating.  Thanks for letting us in on the party!

Travis Mamone
Travis Mamone 5pts

FIRST! (Sorry, had to do it.)

 

But seriously, this was a great conversation. I have a comment RE: growing progressive churches. The only reason why I'm not an atheist is because I've seen Christians who not only talk the talk, but also walk the walk. I recently switched from the LCMS to the ELCA. Even though the ELCA isn't as progressive as other denominations, the pastor does preach about serving the community, which I guess is always a good start. Sure beats hearing about total depravity and penal substitutionary atonement all the time!

 

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