first saturday of easter

here, minus the greeting and the closing, is the laughable email from sally stockwell metro, the lay leader of the williston federated church:

I'm sorry you have chosen not to meet with us.

The person you have been singing about left the church before you and no longer attends WFC.



and here, complete with typo, is my response:



i have not chosen not to meet with you. you have not offered a meeting, so it is disingenuous to say that i have choses not to come to it.

to repeat:

I understand that you wish to meet with me.  Can you tell me

   -where you would envision such a meeting?
   -who would you see attending?
   -what would be the purpose of the meeting?
   -what outcome would you expect?

when you have a constructive plan on how to proceed i will be happy to meet with you.

by "left the church" i do not think you understand the difference between "barred by order of no trespass" and "welcome to return", which are two different things.

in order to help you understand what will be considered a constructive plan, i wish to know how you will be addressing your church's culture of silence and systematic coverup, and the pastor's failure to act appropriately with regard to reporting, protection, or even spiritual guidance.

the basic conditions of the problem remain in effect so therefore until you have a constructive plan the protest will remain in effect.

it is your problem and not mine. i have settled on an acceptable solution but since you continue to write me i can only assume that for some reason it is not acceptable to you.

if you would like my help on this, you are welcome to engage in problem solving on your end and let me know what you come up with.