tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502882833974832021.post8421827678812023410..comments2020-12-01T16:48:54.291+01:00Comments on A New Blog From Prague: Ethnicity pleaseCurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13636625924954052043noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502882833974832021.post-89450872087942020392014-02-19T03:44:12.866+01:002014-02-19T03:44:12.866+01:00I lasted a bit longer, but did leave. I lasted a bit longer, but did leave. Curthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636625924954052043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502882833974832021.post-87792309020051985032014-02-19T03:37:23.833+01:002014-02-19T03:37:23.833+01:00Yeah, that was the 1985 GA in St. Louis when I att...Yeah, that was the 1985 GA in St. Louis when I attended as a delegate from Grace & Peace, one of the host churches that helped distribute papers and reports and Holy Communion during the opening Service. During a business meeting, some delegates (commissioners) called to me in the aisles, "Hey, coconut, I need some more papers here!" The term "coconut" was mentioned from the stage in the context of a missions report from Latin America. <br /><br />That was a deal breaker for me. I eventually found a ministry in the Reformed Church in America after realizing that I'd have been a damned fool to stay in the PCA.Irving Douglas Estellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664645891077218129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502882833974832021.post-45222197405351304372014-02-19T03:34:06.103+01:002014-02-19T03:34:06.103+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Irving Douglas Estellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664645891077218129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502882833974832021.post-27733122787638870862014-02-19T02:39:27.125+01:002014-02-19T02:39:27.125+01:00Funny, I always thought you were just short.
BTW,...Funny, I always thought you were just short.<br /><br />BTW, I am not shocked about the PCA incident.Curthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13636625924954052043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1502882833974832021.post-48153463526589455342014-02-19T02:29:43.989+01:002014-02-19T02:29:43.989+01:00Interesting. As one of your "little brown bro...Interesting. As one of your "little brown brothers" of Filipino-Spanish extraction, I can claim "Hispanic/Latino-non-white," or "Asian-Pacific Islander," or just plain "Hispanic/Latino." Which is it? Who cares! At Covenant Sem. and in the context of the PCA, I was called a "coconut" (brown on the outside. white on the inside) by some Elder Delegates at a General Assy. meeting. In the Philippines, I'd be classified as a "mestizo," or person of mixed European and Malaysian ancestry. In the States, I'm either a "Mexican" out West, and a "Puerto Rican" in the East. Although I am neither, I've defaulted to whatever The Man wants to call me. Irving Douglas Estellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664645891077218129noreply@blogger.com