A: And?
C: Well, it has me thinking about what kind of letters will be sent to congregations of the future—how will those 21 questionsplay out in congregations 21 years from now.
A: I doubt they’ll be letters, won’t they be emails?
C: probably, but I’m still not feeling entirely great about the internet.
A: Okay, so you’re thinking about the ancient practice of letter writing... what kinds of letters a Paul figure would write to congregations having issues with the disestablishment of the church, the overarching phenomena of decentralization and the ethnic and economic demographic shifts in America?
C: Wow, I’m glad I was able to talk to you about this Augustine, that’s exactly what I’ve been mulling over in my head.
A: Should I expect you will write a letter to a congregation struggling to confess when non-white folk have more clout in America and demand a truer account of the Church’s complicity in racist policies?
C: Yeah, maybe.
A: Or a missive to a congregation that only meets online, and the disembodied and decentralized nature of the internet makes it impossible for them to meet or even communicate with each other in a Christian manner?
C: That sounds like a good one too!
A: Or a letter pleading with a congregation to understand its worth as coming from its baptismal identity after all the favoritism Christianity has been show by American society is spent and it just hurts to admit that blessing and national bias are different things.
C: Yes! All of that and more!
