{"id":2065,"date":"2007-09-23T07:54:01","date_gmt":"2007-09-23T07:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/newflash_i_agree_with_mark_harris\/"},"modified":"2007-09-23T07:54:01","modified_gmt":"2007-09-23T07:54:01","slug":"newflash_i_agree_with_mark_harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=2065","title":{"rendered":"NewsFlash: I agree with Mark Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anglicanfuture.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/bloggers-and-reporters-blur-their-roles.html\">Mark says<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Almost everything we see coming out is rehash of old positions. I think things are stuck and that some who believe their job is to rescue us all from stuck positions will put forward compromises that will be rejected. However, what is needed is not compromise, but promise &#8211; a new beginning for life together, where most of us can say, &#8220;Not farewell, but fare forward voyagers.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I agree (it does not happen all that often).  I keep thinking of that AA statement the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and to expect different results.<\/p>\n<p>Any attempt to put out a mushy statement and then have people go home and do what they have done before will be a disaster.  And that has been the pattern again and again.<\/p>\n<p>A system that is stuck needs a breakthrough; a radical proposal that actually creates space, movement, and offers real hope for the future to all as well as calling for sacrifice from all. Pray with me for that.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark says: Almost everything we see coming out is rehash of old positions. I think things are stuck and that some who believe their job is to rescue us all from stuck positions will put forward compromises that will be<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=2065\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,41,66,630,372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-by-kendall","category-episcopal-church-tec","category-sept07-hob-meeting","category-tec-bishops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2065"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2065\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}