He also appears to be far and away the best of a group that is, on the whole, singluarly unimpressive. However, I say this with the caveat that I couldn’t read their answers to questions.
#3, Franz,
Have you read Suzanne’s responses? Granted, seven years is not long; however, her responses are thoughtful, strategic, and faith-filled. I’d dig a little further on her before dismissing her so cavalierly.
And, no, I don’t know her personally, and I have absolutely no dog in this fight, except that I care for the Episcopal Church, and a bishop is elected for the whole Church. So, on that basis I care who is elected in Alaska.
The one from Connecticut appears has more to her than it appears at first on the surface. Her resume says she’s canonically resident in El Camino Real, and has a clerical licensure from New Zealand.
Regarding the candidate from CT, I think her 17 years of management experience in the business world does a lot to make up for lack of experience post-ordination. With the growing number of second-career priests, I think it would be incredibly short-sighted to dismiss them as candidates for the episcopacy just because they have not been a priest for a long time, considering their prior life experience.
Thanks, Henry. Odd that we’re referring to the candidates as whozits from wherzitat and whatsername from whereeveritiz. Commenters on these threads usually discuss the bishop candidates by name. Perhaps that is because of Kendall’s post of only a bare link.
For the record, the candidates are:
Mark Lattime of New York (pilot),
Virginia Doctor of Alaska,
Timothy Sexton of Hawaii, and
Suzanne Watson of Connecticut, seven-year priest in second vocation.
[blockquote] For practical considerations given Alaska’s far-flung population, they should elect the pilot. [/blockquote]
Didn’t TEC elect a pilot to be bishop already? In 2006?
If only such a qualification was sufficient!
For practical considerations given Alaska’s far-flung population, they should elect the pilot.
He also appears to be far and away the best of a group that is, on the whole, singluarly unimpressive. However, I say this with the caveat that I couldn’t read their answers to questions.
How does someone less than seven years out of div. school (the candidate from CT) even remotely qualify to be a candidate for bishop?
#3, Franz,
Have you read Suzanne’s responses? Granted, seven years is not long; however, her responses are thoughtful, strategic, and faith-filled. I’d dig a little further on her before dismissing her so cavalierly.
And, no, I don’t know her personally, and I have absolutely no dog in this fight, except that I care for the Episcopal Church, and a bishop is elected for the whole Church. So, on that basis I care who is elected in Alaska.
Their website makes you jump through a lot of hoops to get at the hard information. Which one is the pilot?
The one from Connecticut appears has more to her than it appears at first on the surface. Her resume says she’s canonically resident in El Camino Real, and has a clerical licensure from New Zealand.
Regarding the candidate from CT, I think her 17 years of management experience in the business world does a lot to make up for lack of experience post-ordination. With the growing number of second-career priests, I think it would be incredibly short-sighted to dismiss them as candidates for the episcopacy just because they have not been a priest for a long time, considering their prior life experience.
The one who earned the pilot’s license is the Rector in the Diocese of Rochester (upstate New York State).
Thanks, Henry. Odd that we’re referring to the candidates as whozits from wherzitat and whatsername from whereeveritiz. Commenters on these threads usually discuss the bishop candidates by name. Perhaps that is because of Kendall’s post of only a bare link.
For the record, the candidates are:
Mark Lattime of New York (pilot),
Virginia Doctor of Alaska,
Timothy Sexton of Hawaii, and
Suzanne Watson of Connecticut, seven-year priest in second vocation.
[blockquote] For practical considerations given Alaska’s far-flung population, they should elect the pilot. [/blockquote]
Didn’t TEC elect a pilot to be bishop already? In 2006?
If only such a qualification was sufficient!