Just watch and listen at General Convention, especially to the leadership. Where does the problem lie? Almost always elsewhere. Other people or Provinces in the Anglican Communion, the reasserters in the Episcopal Church, and on and on it goes. Say what you want about Katharine Jefferts Schori’s opening sermon (and I found many of the critiques wide of the mark), but the locus of blame was elsewhere.<\/p>\n
And what do we have today as an example? The Bishop of Lexington, Stacy Sauls, saying in a press conference that the Archbishop of Canterbury’s response to D025 was Rowan Williams fault! He doesn’t understand what was being said! Ah.<\/p>\n
Memo to the Bishop of Lexington: When Rowan Williams and Integrity Understand D025 to intend to repeal B033, the problem does not lie with them. It lies somewhere else, much closer to home.<\/p>\n
Now these are only examples, and many more can be given. But do listen closely to the absence of TEC’s self-criticism at General Convention 2009. The silence is deafening–KSH.<\/i><\/p>\n
Update<\/b>: The media briefing from today, July 13, had Bishop Michael Smith of North Dakota, Bishop Stacy Sauls of Lexington, Sally Johnson of Minnesota, Ernie Bennett of Central Florida, and Emily Morales of Puerto Rico. It is in this briefing in that you can hear Bishop Saul’s comments. Go to this website<\/a> then find the “On Demand” section and thereafter look for the “July 13, 2009 Media Brief” picture and click on it.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just watch and listen at General Convention, especially to the leadership. Where does the problem lie? Almost always elsewhere. Other people or Provinces in the Anglican Communion, the reasserters in the Episcopal Church, and on and on it goes. Say…<\/span><\/p>\n