tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post5915178322300579181..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Reflecting on Rowan: The Archbishop Who Almost Walked on WaterSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-15201971870491200712012-03-22T21:37:05.467-07:002012-03-22T21:37:05.467-07:00To walk on water you have to be able to ... 'c...To walk on water you have to be able to ... 'commit!". <br /><br />Sadly, Bishop R. Williams, was unable to do that. <br /><br />Hence, his failure.LGMarshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04902418111182358582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-27715532471736622092012-03-22T18:19:03.117-07:002012-03-22T18:19:03.117-07:00Great essay! The inclusion of all God's child...Great essay! The inclusion of all God's children is one of the things I love the most about the Episcopal Church. I wasn't raised Episcopalian (was raised Roman Catholic), but I became Episcopalian as fast as I could!Domhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113039843371712830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-42378357921220146612012-03-21T22:16:52.333-07:002012-03-21T22:16:52.333-07:00Well and truly written!
I know those who learned ...Well and truly written!<br /><br />I know those who learned how to disdain Americans and rough colonials like Canadians at Oxford probably do not read American thinkers - if they know such exist. But he should have studied Ben Franklin, "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." And I must add, no liberty is moreJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-34631945041596780132012-03-21T21:36:27.669-07:002012-03-21T21:36:27.669-07:00(I messed up posting this comment up so am pasting...(I messed up posting this comment up so am pasting it up myself. Still figuring out this iPad)<br /><br />I love your portrayal of ++Rowan. Now that I have seen him in action over the Covenant, I see what you mean. I thought for a long while that he just didn't understand. No, that wasn't it at all. He did understand and he walked away from integrity. <br /><br />Muthah+SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-67307229835766211262012-03-21T19:47:58.733-07:002012-03-21T19:47:58.733-07:00I'm thankful for your essay, Susan. You tie to...I'm thankful for your essay, Susan. You tie together many events and themes.<br /><br />For me, the moment at Lambeth 2008 that "ripped it" was when Archbishop Daniel Deng Bul of Sudan raced to the microphones to excoriate Bishop Robinson and TEC ... and the Archbishop of Canterbury had not one word to say. For me, +Rowan ceded all moral authority that day.Lisa Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881671380217888810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-32971657195952708512012-03-21T16:53:37.588-07:002012-03-21T16:53:37.588-07:00I feel +++Rowan was most unsatisfactory for the fo...I feel +++Rowan was most unsatisfactory for the following reasons: 1. Dissing Bp. Robinson. 2. Dissing PB Jefferts-Schorri. 3. Deference to Pope Ratzinger in the face of the latter's blatant sheep-stealing. 4. Not promoting female bishops. My feelings are "Good Riddance!"Rev. David Justin Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00250968772752560668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-17944517266721716442012-03-21T15:18:31.237-07:002012-03-21T15:18:31.237-07:00Bureaucracy’s chief sin is idolatry. Members of an...Bureaucracy’s chief sin is idolatry. Members of an institutional body are encouraged to idolize that body and put its welfare ahead of whatever the original purpose may have been. This assertion is equally descriptive of governments and their military services, of corporations, and of the Churches. The first victim of this institutional idolatry is always truth; the second is beauty.Pepper Martshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11776786400243208020noreply@blogger.com