Saturday, March 24, 2018

Married? Partner? Flying Solo? None of Your Business!

 The new president of Luther Seminary, Robin Steinke.


 The new president of Wartburg Seminary, Louise Johnson.

 The new ex-president of United Lutheran Seminary, Rev. Theresa Latini.

When I took journalism in junior high, we interviewed faculty and wrote them up. In all such cases, even in the adult world, facts about education and family are pertinent. We noted when someone was married, but our crusty old maid teacher said, "Don't she - she has no children. We don't want people to think they are not trying." She doubled over, laughing at her joke.

But the new orthodoxy in ELCA must be saying, "Their relationships are none of your beeswax." I recall an old story that indicated Latini had a daughter. Everything else is unstated. Watch that trend continue.

These seminary presidents? NOYB.

 ELCA Pastor Nadia Bolz-Weber is married, but where does a pastor buy clerics designed to show off one's deltoids and tatts? She is not a seminary president...yet.