One of the letters referred to the need for a “safe” place for traditionalists. Similarly, there has from time to time been calls for a “safe” place for those who advocate recognition of SS relationships.
Why should safety be such a compelling concern? Near the beginning of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” Lucy, upon hearing about Aslan for the first time, asks if he is safe. She is told that he is not safe, but he is good.
Perhaps we need to think about safety less, and goodness and truth more.
As a kibitzer and reader of the HOB/D listserv, I find Rev. Thomas’ complaint there is no “reasonable option” for the mess that we are in to be the most ironic. As a frequent poster, he had numerous opportunities to speak out against and reign in the rhetoric and choose, instead, silence. Just as the right was flinging accusations of heresy, apostates, and non-Christian, the left was embracing the right with loving titles such as homophobes, bigots, or intellectual simple (though that in itself would be a euphemism for much of Mike Russels’ comments).
Perhaps such an option is unlikely, but if Rev. Thomas and others like him would like to maintain the relevance, if not existence, of the Episcopal church in the coming generations, perhaps it is time to roll up their sleeves, get their hands dirty, risk offending their allies, and see what can be done. Would that there were fewer priests among us and far more prophets.
My favorite argument is that since “episcopalian” forebearers built the buildings the “renegades” shouldn’t take them.
Of course those who sacrificed to build those buildings wouldn’t recognize the cheap imitation of the faith that those who now run ECUSA embrace and promote.
One of the letters referred to the need for a “safe” place for traditionalists. Similarly, there has from time to time been calls for a “safe” place for those who advocate recognition of SS relationships.
Why should safety be such a compelling concern? Near the beginning of “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe,” Lucy, upon hearing about Aslan for the first time, asks if he is safe. She is told that he is not safe, but he is good.
Perhaps we need to think about safety less, and goodness and truth more.
A schismatic is someone who CAUSES a schism, not the one who is thereby required by conscience to separate.
As a kibitzer and reader of the HOB/D listserv, I find Rev. Thomas’ complaint there is no “reasonable option” for the mess that we are in to be the most ironic. As a frequent poster, he had numerous opportunities to speak out against and reign in the rhetoric and choose, instead, silence. Just as the right was flinging accusations of heresy, apostates, and non-Christian, the left was embracing the right with loving titles such as homophobes, bigots, or intellectual simple (though that in itself would be a euphemism for much of Mike Russels’ comments).
Perhaps such an option is unlikely, but if Rev. Thomas and others like him would like to maintain the relevance, if not existence, of the Episcopal church in the coming generations, perhaps it is time to roll up their sleeves, get their hands dirty, risk offending their allies, and see what can be done. Would that there were fewer priests among us and far more prophets.
My favorite argument is that since “episcopalian” forebearers built the buildings the “renegades” shouldn’t take them.
Of course those who sacrificed to build those buildings wouldn’t recognize the cheap imitation of the faith that those who now run ECUSA embrace and promote.