{"id":8152,"date":"2020-08-06T16:23:43","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T16:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/news\/?p=8152"},"modified":"2020-08-06T16:51:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T16:51:53","slug":"professor-michael-chan-writes-about-yearning-for-normalcy-for-church-anew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luthersem.edu\/news\/2020\/08\/06\/professor-michael-chan-writes-about-yearning-for-normalcy-for-church-anew\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Michael Chan Writes About Yearning for Normalcy for Church Anew"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Professor Michael Chan recently wrote <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/churchanew.org\/blog\/posts\/michael-chan-return-to-normalcy-and-other-fleshpots?fbclid=IwAR3aB0ZzG76fYa-86R669vq_8Zm6VKbeAaKR3nBqqjCSZhjDE6UBKaGpqZ0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cReturn to Normalcy and Other Fleshpots\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for the Church Anew blog. Reflecting on our current environment and our desire to return to \u201cnormalcy,\u201d he reminds us of how the Israelites yearned to return to Egypt during their years of wandering through the desert. He asks: \u201cAre we willing to exchange the moral clarity of this moment for a distorted memory of the past?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Church Anew is an ecumenical ministry dedicated to equipping church leaders to face the adaptive changes needed for ministry today and tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor Michael Chan recently wrote \u201cReturn to Normalcy and Other Fleshpots\u201d for the Church Anew blog. Reflecting on our current environment and our desire to return to \u201cnormalcy,\u201d he reminds us of how the Israelites yearned to return to Egypt during their years of wandering through the desert. 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