I usually find Mr. Tammeus' columns to be worthwhile in their thoughtful pragmatism and sometimes find them inspiring in their hopefulness. In this case, I found the column soothing, in a season of great contentiousness.

That being said, I have doubts about the suggestion that individual congregations write their own 95 Theses. In RCC parishes, these would likely be as divisive as some of the comment threads on NCR and some of the congregations in various Protestant congregations would also find great difficulty in deciding whether change is necessary and in accordance with the tradition handed down, beginning with Jesus.