I think that what is very moving is the commitment of all the bishops, but especially those from Africa. The bishops of Sudan, especially, give a tremendous witness for our faith. Although they have been persecuted by the Muslim central government, they have resisted forced conversions. I met one of their bishops who is now living with his people in Northern Kenya, where they had to find refuge in order to avoid extermination. Please keep them in your prayers.
This afternoon we had our Provincial meetings, so we headed to the Big Top, which is the only place that could accommodate our numbers. Among the exciting things that we saw was a video from the Episcopal Youth Event meeting in San Antonio. The EYE is a one of the most joyful events of the Church, and it definitely would have been my preference to be with our young people in warm San Antonio rather than in this cold “summer?” weather.
One of the topics of the meeting was the absence of the bishop of New Hampshire from our gathering. I must say that we were very upset because due to security, Gene Robinson could not even meet with the rest of the bishops. Regardless of what position you may hold on this issue, as Americans we are used to more equality, and to have one of our duly elected bishops forbidden to meet with us is a travesty. This was a meeting of the bishops of The Episcopal Church, and it is sad that in the 21 Century we are still acting as if we were in the Middle Ages.
Later on we went back to the Indaba group and then to a reception sponsored by the Episcopal Church Foundation. It was good to eat non-cafeteria food, although it was only finger food from a hotel. Some of the bishops are staying in the hotels of Canterbury, as they were not very happy with sleeping in our small cells, separated from our spouses.
I’ll bet that talking point is now on the cutting room floor.
+Leo, Glad you recognized ++Bul’s witness as such.
Now convince +VGR to resign and his consecrating bishops to immediately go home and also take all bishops allowing SSB’s to leave with them.
Your old roommate, Bob+
. . . still ridin’ for the brand.
Bob, Leo said nothing at all about ++Bul in particular. He knows where the power is.
Leo, if not being allowed to meet with Gene is a “travesty” then play the man and meet with Gene. Are you a lion or a pussy-cat?
I’m so glad that #2 mentioned +Frade’s name; I was not careful reading the headline, and I thought I was reading Southwest Florida’s comments. Had I read more carefully I wouldn’t have even opened this posting in the first place; it is as expected. What a relief it isn’t Dabney Smith’s reflections.
#3, Chris, +Keo knew where the power once was. From Sudan , +Leo saw where the power now is. I wonder if he’s compared new church plants in SEF since he arrived with the # of plants in the same first years in Honduras?