Bruce is an African American and came to us from the Lutheran Church after a long and successful career as an attorney in New York City. (Someone told me that his firm was counsel to the Harlem Globetrotters, but I have not checked this out with him). Ernie was raised Roman Catholic and even started seminary many years ago, but left to get married and became a leading public school administrator in Tucson.
There are three things about their ordinations which strike me as having important implications for the future of our Diocese and the Episcopal Church.
That is one way to reduce the costs of seminary education.
And Undergroundpewster, a method of avoiding the incredibly liveral semaries that seem to be the majority of options….
Oops, liberal, not liveral… (sigh)