I have been contemplating – as have many others – what is the best course of action to address this distressful direction chosen by Thrivent. Many have decided the battle is lost and the only moral option remaining to members who are committed to faithfulness to God’s Word is to divest and disassociate completely from Thrivent and its programs. But I have been wondering if the conscientious members of Thrivent have yet done enough – have yet struggled stridently enough to correct this errant trajectory of the organization. Initial attempts have been and are being made at raising awareness via social media and blogs, and starting an online petition. Many others have addressed letters and complaints directly to Thrivent headquarters both by mail and on the website. But can we do more? Thrivent, if I am not mistaken, is a member-owned society. If a significant majority us as members are in fact pro-life, than we should be able to assure that our society represents this conviction. The question is how. The petition started by Pastor Michael Schuermann (http://tiny.cc/tj12ax) just passed 1000 signatures, but what if it were to pass 10,000 or even 100,000? Or maybe we need also a “members only” petition campaign with energetic pursuit of gaining a convincing percentage of member signatures? Could we work to flood Thrivent with letters of protest? Could we mount a campaign calling on conscientious members to attend our next chapter meetings around the country to voice our protest at this tragic decision? Yes, we could just abandon ship. But perhaps with greater effort the ship can yet be righted, resulting in staff and members who object to a clear stance condemning abortion being the ones who recognize that they need to find a different flag under which to sail.