[Magdalen] Prosperity Gospel

[Sally Davies]

That is a great article and I hope it will be widely read.

South Africa comedian Marc Lottering nailed the Prosperity Gospel with his
character Pastor Brandon:

Here he is, explaining why he loves The Poor:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WBIPTD62y0Y

[You may have to sign in and say how old you are, but there's no obscenity
aside from the theology being depicted]

Sally D





On Wednesday, 17 February 2016, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> There's a Mennonite church in Concord, TN (west Knoxville) that of
> necessity serves all flavors of Mennonites. I have not been there, but
> there was an article on the church in the Knoxville paper some time before
> I left TN. A couple of pictures of the congregation showed the contrast,
> but they all seemed to get along well.
>
> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 11:44 AM, Ann Markle <ann.markle at aya.yale.edu
> <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
>
> > That was the same in Tennessee, Jay, except the Mennonites I saw mostly
> > (the others look like everyone else) were the ones that dressed in long
> > dresses and little lace caps, and the men with pants and suspenders.  I
> > never saw any buggies, though, in and around Crossville.  They were known
> > for their excellent construction, woodworking, and leather work, as well
> as
> > "old fashioned" stores with lots of spices, good butter (in rolls, rather
> > than sticks), and out-of-this-world baked goods.  Muddy Pond was a
> > well-known settlement where you could go for good leather and food, a
> kind
> > of tourist attraction.  Incidentally, I just read this editorial in the
> > Sunday Times, and found it most interesting.
> >
> > Ann
> >
> > The Rev. Ann Markle
> > Buffalo, NY
> > ann.markle at aya.yale.edu <javascript:;>
> > blog:  www.onewildandpreciouslife.typepad.com
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >
> > > We have all flavors of Mennonites here, from the Old Order variety who
> at
> > > least drive buggies on Sunday and dress *very* conservatively almost
> but
> > > not quite like Amish. to the sort of conservative ones whose women
> either
> > > wear what we call "uniform dress" (a specific style/pattern) or
> > relatively
> > > conservative blouses and longish skirts along with the "sin-sifter"
> > > bonnets, scarves, or little lace doilies, to the modern ones you can't
> > tell
> > > from anyone else.
> > >
> >
>