In talking with a friend today, he expressed concern for Dr. Klouda’s well being and that of her family. It is clear that her being forced out of Southwestern Seminary has taken a heavy financial toll on them all. My friend said that he grew up learning that it was not enough to “curse the darkness” but that we must “light a candle.”
I would encourage you to give to meet the needs of the Kloudas. I don’t have any other suggestion than that you send them some money, and you can send it to:
Dr.Sheri Klouda
C/O Taylor University
236 West Reade Ave.
Upland, IN 46989
Don’t send cash, as that is easy to steal. A check made out to Sheri Klouda will help immensely. I can only hope that it will go some distance in healing the wounds that her whole family, but especially her daughter, may be feeling toward established Christianity.
As a Youth Minister for almost twenty years, the story of her pain stood out to me when I read Hannah Elliot’s articles. I guess my heart focused on her role in all of this. I have seen through personal experience and through statistics that the children of those who serve, either in the local church or in a denominational capacity, turn to resentment and begin to question the Christian faith when one or both of these reasons are in place:
1. When they see their parents as false Christians – saying one thing but living another, OR
2. When they see their parents mistreated by those who are supposed to represent the body of Christ.
Either of these two things often create a sense of being jaded by the body of Christ and then they often begin to view Christians as simply “religious” and as hypocrites.
Your gifts may well show the whole Klouda family that the body of Christ is a caring one. They deserve it.
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Paul
on Jan 26th, 2007
@ 7:17 pm:
Art,
You know, a great vehicle for this sort of transaction is PayPal, if somehow they could get a PayPal account set up.
Art Rogers
on Jan 27th, 2007
@ 12:12 am:
Paul,
I agree that this would be easier on us, but not on them. It seems that the Kloudas have been overwhelmed and are not asking for help. It is just springing up. I think Dr. Klouda might fear being perceived as asking for money herself if she participated in setting up something. I don’t want to ask, because I don’t want to put her in that position.
art