tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post6384753065493598509..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-28696084695967414352008-06-03T11:26:00.000-07:002008-06-03T11:26:00.000-07:00I agree that Pres. Anderson probably has it right ...I agree that Pres. Anderson probably has it right that Arbp. Williams understands our polity but doesn't like it. Thinking about these things, I was intrigued to come across a discussion of the ecclesiology of Phillips Brooks (bp. of Mass a long time ago). Brooks believed and preached that the hierarchical model of ministry was obsolete and that pastors and bishops must serve (and follow the Phyllis Amendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14033604900294206123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-40166262587967458642008-06-01T07:59:00.000-07:002008-06-01T07:59:00.000-07:00At the end of the day, we finally see Dr. Williams...At the end of the day, we finally see Dr. Williams on the side of the neo-orthodox. Not because they are right, or even because he agrees with them. But because he has an image of the bishop not as a leader but as a feudal baron. <BR/><BR/>When he reflects on the 'role of bishops' he is making the progressive case that this squabble is not about sex, not about the bible but about power. He hasJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.com