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Re: Perplexed!
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Originally Posted by Stephanas
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Reading between the lines: We support our young leaders and leaders from other spiritual cultures even though they do things different than we have historically done; Our new cultural and spiritual direction will cause us to lose some of our older and wealthier members, requiring more of a volunteer culture in the future; We will intentionally become a less modern church, more aligned with historic christianity; We don't need a Steinway because we have lots of cool guitars. 
The great thing about reading between the lines is that you can add in anything that you like or don't like, and the speaker's actual words are irrelevant. 
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