(Reposted with permission:)
From the, albeit retired, canonically senior woman cleric in the Diocese of Newark:
When my daughter was 7 years old (late spring of 1974 - please note the date) she wrote a short poem, the essence of which was, "if all women are not free, then neither am I". Seems nothing as changed. If the Rt. Rev. Gene Robinson, duly elected as Bishop in the Episcopal Church of the United States, is not acceptable in the Anglican Communion then neither are any of us from ECUSA.
As a grandmother, mother, former parish priest, and one-time member of the Executive Council, I need to say that we have so much more to do with our limited budgets than to waste a dime of it sending our bishops (all of them) to Lambeth, a place where just one of them is unwelcome.
Some may have walked away but Jesus never turned anyone away.
I couldn't have said it better myself!
RFSJ
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So much for "Go in peace to love and serve the Lord..."
You know as well as I do that +VGR's presence would cause more problems than it would solve. All of this whining is narcissistic.
How often we err on the side of caution.
How seldom we err on the side of love.
Dale,
Is fighting for justice and the Gospel for oneself narcissistic? Is it only valid if someone else does it on one's behalf? Perhaps I could get you to advocate on favor of Bp. Robinson then. Would that make the Gospel issues any more valid?
Cheers,
Bob
Its not seeing the forest for the trees.
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