As things finally are falling into place for the next Culture of Life Conference, I thought it might be a good idea to think about just why we've spent so much time and effort trying to get this together.
Seeing a conference on Marriage and Family in the present climate, one
may well be forgiven for thinking that the primary purpose is political,
attempt to energize the faithful to go out an influence elections. Or
perhaps it is an attempt to circle the wagons, a last attempt to hang
onto outmoded teachings before the force of law and external societal
pressures force an inevitable retreat.
As anyone reading this post might well imagine though, this is far from
the whole picture. Certainly, we hope that there is a political
consequence of this conference and certainly there is a great need to
protect Christian teaching on matters of marriage and family due to the
nature of the culture right now. But this is only part of it.
This conference is actually the second in a series of conferences meant
to look at the most controversial topics of our day from a perspective
rooted less in the present controversies and more in the roots of
doctrine as taught by the Catholic Church and some of the more
conservative and orthodox Protestant denominations. The goal is to
reach beyond the sound bites and get to heart of the matter. What do we
really believe as Christians and why? Where does this teaching come
from? How has it developed over the centuries? What has been the
effect on society? These are the questions we hope to touch upon, if
not fully answer with this conference. At the end of it we hope that
you come away better informed about how great the teachings of our faith
are and how when lived out fully they help to build a just a peaceful
society, how they truly are the foundations of a Culture of Life.
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