tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post669260775871679739..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Choosing the institution over the incarnationSUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-8264244693862089072010-04-14T04:53:02.611-07:002010-04-14T04:53:02.611-07:00Here's an idea - why not have ECUSA officially...Here's an idea - why not have ECUSA officially leave the Anglican Communion? Then it could continue on its merry way unimpeded by the Global South, and the Global South, along with ACNA and other northern and Western conservatives, could minister according to their convictions.<br /><br />In fifty years or so, the Gamaliel test could be applied. (Of course, neither you nor I will likely be Hiramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00845924600039905182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-18793555349678992802010-04-13T18:38:22.773-07:002010-04-13T18:38:22.773-07:00So the institution is a waste of time.
And athei...So the institution is a waste of time.<br /> And atheists/agnostics are correct.<br /> I'm prouder every day that I have nothing to do with religion.Brad Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17381562723928616425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-14754058497527561082010-04-13T11:51:22.837-07:002010-04-13T11:51:22.837-07:00To the point as always!To the point as always!Göran Koch-Swahnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00925549945659350649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-4036915406405533112010-04-13T10:20:16.834-07:002010-04-13T10:20:16.834-07:00At the risk of being redundant, Amen!At the risk of being redundant, Amen!uffda51https://www.blogger.com/profile/11395027089123943228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-92198707315187570002010-04-12T14:28:51.132-07:002010-04-12T14:28:51.132-07:00SUPER Post! This says it all.SUPER Post! This says it all.whiteycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04278420345601368200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-34454426900680409322010-04-12T10:41:06.698-07:002010-04-12T10:41:06.698-07:00Very well stated. I struggle daily with my need f...Very well stated. I struggle daily with my need for and disgust with the institution of the church. Your words inspire me to seek some way to reconcile my personal struggle.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524355397612471400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-75666812123050157832010-04-12T10:26:02.862-07:002010-04-12T10:26:02.862-07:00Dowd fails, as do all liberal Catholics, to take p...Dowd fails, as do all liberal Catholics, to take personal responsibility for what SHE/THEY should do in this situation. The Catholic Church gets away with this stuff because of the acquiesence of the vast majority of the laity. <br /><br />I think she cannot bring herself to admit what she and a lot of other women can't admit to either themselves or others: that they like something about Sidneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13123773731822979665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-4122457319542212952010-04-12T09:54:51.446-07:002010-04-12T09:54:51.446-07:00Margaret said: "But, then again, this post wi...Margaret said: <i>"But, then again, this post will be dismissed as the ravings of a left-wing lunatic.... </i><br /><br />To quote your own blog title backatcha, it's an inch at a time. Regardless of the immovably homophobic & schismatic elements in the upper echelons of power, you've given me a tool to help change attitudes locally, at St. Overalls' Episcopal Church and FeedEpiscopal Bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00638354765042542465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-15645899481314465222010-04-12T07:31:47.772-07:002010-04-12T07:31:47.772-07:00Yeppa.
But, then again, this post will be dismiss...Yeppa.<br /><br />But, then again, this post will be dismissed as the ravings of a left-wing lunatic.... <br /><br />Please. Keep raving. Your words are food to us.it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-14752382457404078292010-04-12T05:48:14.290-07:002010-04-12T05:48:14.290-07:00We are not without spot of sin. But at least, we o...We are not without spot of sin. But at least, we ordained Susan Russell, whereas as Roman would never do so (in our lifetimes).Rev. David Justin Lynchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00250968772752560668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-27028103445347167722010-04-12T05:27:22.025-07:002010-04-12T05:27:22.025-07:00Thanks! You make the point very well. What I kee...Thanks! You make the point very well. What I keep calling, "institutionalism" is the sin that eventually le3ads even the most well meaning to evil. Cf. the "Windsor Bishops."<br /><br />FWIW<br />jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-41623081817012515222010-04-11T22:41:06.839-07:002010-04-11T22:41:06.839-07:00The comments of Bishop Johnston sound similar to t...The comments of Bishop Johnston sound similar to the Standing Committee of his diocese. Regardless of his declared desire for the inclusion of LGBT persons into the fabric of the Church, he elevates the concept of the Anglican Communion above all else. Nothing more important than protecting that institution. Moloch indeed (thanks, Paul)!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029857169651214601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-71325981863456774602010-04-11T21:40:19.930-07:002010-04-11T21:40:19.930-07:00Amen! I am reposting your closing paragraphs at m...Amen! I am reposting your closing paragraphs at my blog. <br /><br />Is the institutional Church to be some Moloch to whom we sacrifice our children (and others)? Much as some would sacrifice to the golden calf of the Anglican Communion? I am sickened and repelled.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06090720645937634051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-50268475205053138692010-04-11T20:54:42.212-07:002010-04-11T20:54:42.212-07:00Wow! What an incredible reflection.Wow! What an incredible reflection.Br. Anselm Philip King-Lowe, OSBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153443604460189234noreply@blogger.com