Polity, yeah!!!!

Today I begin teaching the polity class for the Southwest Conference.

There are 15 students arriving in about 1/2 hour to learn about our history, our polity, and our theology.

I know it doesn't sound exciting - and it isn't. (Not like a World Series game, or Tiger making a putt on the 18th hole to win the Tournament, something he hasn't done for a week now.)

But it's important.

Our roots of unity, of ecumenism, of religious tolerance, of extravagant welcome run deep. They didn't just emerge.

Histories root those principles deep in our past.

Theologies root them deep in our faith.

And polity, structure, and our governance both reflect and preserve those defining characteristics.

I am proud to teach these lessons.

I am happy to know that there are those among us who feel the need to learn them.

And I am confident that because of this, small steps will be taken to ensure that the church that has emerged through the Generations will, in whatever new shape it takes in the coming generations, carry forward with the same zeal for mission, for love, and for faith.