tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post2471791614520186231..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: WWJB*SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-8215836296949092632008-06-28T05:54:00.000-07:002008-06-28T05:54:00.000-07:00Not much further comment here from me, this seems ...Not much further comment here from me, this seems a hijacking of sorts.<BR/><BR/>Hiram you have a blog but have not updated it, perhaps you wish to do so and thereby carry on a meaningful conversation and not a monologue on right or wrong.<BR/><BR/>Susan thank you for providing the discussion here.<BR/><BR/>Pax to all.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-67983684857763127882008-06-27T04:26:00.000-07:002008-06-27T04:26:00.000-07:00I have been up to my ears in an outreach ministry ...I have been up to my ears in an outreach ministry to children over the past week, and I am about to leave for a family reunion – but so as to not be a “hit and run” commenter, here are a few thoughts in response to responses to me –<BR/><BR/>Fran, I <I>did</I> say that it was “a not very accurate metaphor.” I was not likening Christianity as a whole to a basketball game or the gathering of a Hiramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845924600039905182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-38384170489771740252008-06-26T15:32:00.000-07:002008-06-26T15:32:00.000-07:00As to your point about the “plans”: at http://past...As to your point about the “plans”: at http://pastorbarclay.blogspot.com/2008/06/jerusalem-gafcon-day-3.html, Pastor Barclay writes from GAFCON “We have been asked not to comment on our blogs about details”.<BR/><BR/>Blessings<BR/><BR/>Bosco+<BR/>http://www.liturgy.co.nzliturgyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11822769747947139669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-90923521103587976442008-06-26T10:32:00.000-07:002008-06-26T10:32:00.000-07:00FWIW - From a posting "Religious Intelligence" ".....FWIW - From a posting "Religious Intelligence" <BR/><BR/>"...Pilgrims are required to show their badges to security guards as they enter the conference rooms. One volunteer working in security and registration drew up a list of eight names of persons he believed might seek entrance to the conference, and produced a sheet for the security guards with their names and photographs taken from the Orgel56https://www.blogger.com/profile/07517815658404567772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-47199180344685845992008-06-25T12:16:00.000-07:002008-06-25T12:16:00.000-07:00" ... it is fascinating to be psychoanalyzed witho..." ... it is fascinating to be psychoanalyzed without even being known."<BR/><BR/>It is also fascinating to be pre-judged without being known.<BR/><BR/>What is the word for pre-judging the enire LGBT community based on an understanding of human sexuality that is thousands of years old? The word is prejudice. This kind of thinking it as offensive as judging character by skin color and as irrationaluffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-36338951660136398312008-06-25T09:11:00.000-07:002008-06-25T09:11:00.000-07:00Hiram,I do not want to turn Rev. Susan's space int...Hiram,<BR/><BR/>I do not want to turn Rev. Susan's space into our correspondence, but with her permission, do you not realize how incredibly revealing this comment is? You wrote:<BR/> <BR/><I>... We know that we will only be tolerated if we are willing to know our place, and say, "I don't agree with you, but your position is an acceptable position within the framework of Christianity.</I><BR/><JimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-83042700302203559222008-06-25T08:25:00.000-07:002008-06-25T08:25:00.000-07:00Finally. Hiram says something with which I comple...Finally. Hiram says something with which I completely agree:<BR/><BR/>"We do not share the same vision of what Christianity is with you."<BR/><BR/>And we should all quit pretending otherwise and get on with our lives.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547673802645392683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-61474114864528705442008-06-25T04:52:00.000-07:002008-06-25T04:52:00.000-07:00I was reluctant to keep going but after re-reading...I was reluctant to keep going but after re-reading your comments about comments several times, I press on.<BR/><BR/>These words from Hiram's comment really struck me...<BR/><BR/><I><B>"But he would not have been in the convention for anywhere near the reasons the rest of us were there. To use a not very accurate metaphor, it would be like having LA Lakers cheerleaders at a pep rally for the Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-87830347721533296732008-06-24T20:34:00.000-07:002008-06-24T20:34:00.000-07:00I attended the Plano conference, which was not "in...I attended the Plano conference, which was not "invitation only" but which was limited to those who could sign the AAC statement of faith. Louie Crewe came to the convention site - in fact, he stayed at the hotel. But he was not admitted to the conference itself. There may have been two or three other "progressive" leaders there besides him, but I saw him so I know he was there. Some of the Hiramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845924600039905182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-52041010799281812232008-06-24T14:31:00.000-07:002008-06-24T14:31:00.000-07:00As is often the case, I don't like to say too much...As is often the case, I don't like to say too much as the RC lurker... Well I guess I am not a lurker with all my commenting, am I? Forgive me if I overstep some bounds, but I long for the day we are all united under something that would be hard for Akinola, Rowan, B16 or others to imagine.<BR/><BR/>(I live in Albany NY, where it is a relatively liberal RC environment and not so much for TEC.)<BRFranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-45259417889670203092008-06-24T09:52:00.000-07:002008-06-24T09:52:00.000-07:00My often insightful son says: no. It is really a ...My often insightful son says: no. It is really a very scary thing. They actually are so delusional that they think they are under siege. They actually think the devil has empowered you, and such inoffensive folk as the Edmonds to persecute them. They really really need someone to fear, to go to war against. <BR/><BR/>In a real sense, this is why we call it, "homo<I>phobia</I>. It is the JimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-18763639440880064962008-06-24T08:18:00.000-07:002008-06-24T08:18:00.000-07:00The Edmunds are currently working for Bp. Dawani o...The Edmunds are currently working for Bp. Dawani of Jerusalem. Episcopal Cafe´has their bio <A HREF="http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/anglican_communion/the_gafcon_eight.html" REL="nofollow">here</A>Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287169546184325690noreply@blogger.com