Today is likely to be a historic day in the PC(USA) denomination. A measure called Amendment 10-A needs one more vote to be passed, and all indications are that the swing vote will come today. You can read the text of the amendment here. While the amendment stops short of condoning homosexual relationships, it removes the explicit ban on such matches for those seeking ordination. For what it's worth, the amendment also removes an explicit ban on any "self-acknowledged practice which the confessions call sin." This may seem kind of silly--we should all be trying to root out sin in our lives--but the rationale from supporters of the amendment is that the standing requirement is deeply hipocritical in light of everyone's ultimate sinfulness.

Many of you know that I'm a deacon at Blacknall (PCUSA), so our church will be affected by the vote--maybe in real and predictable ways, but more likely in strange, abstract, and unpredictable aspects of life as a church. I'm trying to pray through what this means for my walk with the Lord and his church, and I invite you to pray with me that His kingdom come, His will be done.

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