A matter of balance

I regularly pass by a church that was formerly a United Methodist Congregation.  It has apparently joined in the disaffiliation madness that has infected our denomination.  The sign out front of this building is brick with metal letters attached.  I won't use its real name, but the church has struck the word "United" from its sign, so that the posting now looks something like this:

WESLEY
                          Methodist Church

I think that the appearance of this sign is a metaphor for this entire movement.  It is out-of-balance.  It is asymmetrical.  It is also just aesthetically unpleasing.

The impatience and often irrationality of the Disaffiliation Movement continues to fracture our denomination.  The movement depends on misinformation, outright lies, and an angry, mean spirit to accomplish it ends.  The movement's short-sightedness will leave us scarred for a century to come.

And its legacy is also a sense of ugliness.  It drags with it a lack of balance that betrays an absence of planning.

I am not much for bumper-sticker theology, but this church sign really tells me all I need to know.