tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post1873024612090529100..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: The Sacrament of Servanthood:SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-63526667753779622622009-04-10T12:33:00.000-07:002009-04-10T12:33:00.000-07:00Christopher,I apologize that something in my comme...Christopher,<BR/><BR/>I apologize that something in my comment seemed to "...reduce persons to having a particular relational style<BR/>or lack of christological concern based on affectional orientation or gender..." That was not my intention. <BR/><BR/>I don't mean to suggest that women or gay men have never participated in McCarthyism or witch-hunting, but would suggest it's more typically Donald Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328485899602529480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-49067207584276784802009-04-10T06:00:00.000-07:002009-04-10T06:00:00.000-07:00Susan, thank you for this lovely sermon! It made ...Susan, thank you for this lovely sermon! It made me think of when I converted to Roman Catholicism many years ago (I joined TEC 12 years ago after leaving RC.) <BR/><BR/>As a new candidate for confirmation I was chosen by my priest for the very public foot washing ceremony on Maundy Thursday. <BR/><BR/>I was not yet a full member -- that would come later with my confirmation at Pentecost. I Priscillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13810106898462541118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-3129266288999972412009-04-10T00:00:00.000-07:002009-04-10T00:00:00.000-07:00Hello, Susan, I wasn't sure how to e-mail you, so ...Hello, Susan, <BR/><BR/>I wasn't sure how to e-mail you, so feel free to chuck this in the garbage rather than publishing on this unrelated thread.<BR/><BR/>A friend of mine sent me a link with an article I thought you might find both incensing and interesting - if a bit nauseating. <BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://eamaa.blogspot.com/2009/04/two-items-from-james.html" REL="nofollow">it's at the bottom MarkBrunsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16971990948866488080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-52285179642540397692009-04-09T21:21:00.000-07:002009-04-09T21:21:00.000-07:00PS -- Honest critique and respectful disagreement ...PS -- Honest critique and respectful disagreement is one thing ... a thing I respect in Tobias' and Lisa's blogging. What I was talking about was the vicious attacks from the Orthodite wing of the blogosphere. So if the shoe doesn't fit, don't feel obliged to wear it.SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-32937634086451070542009-04-09T21:19:00.000-07:002009-04-09T21:19:00.000-07:00Christopher ...Thanks for taking time to write. (F...Christopher ...<BR/><BR/>Thanks for taking time to write. (FYI I don't "do" the Mthr thing, but thanks anyway!)<BR/><BR/>It doesn't have anything to do with being gay or lesbian. For me it has to do with being Anglican ... with being part of a particular part of the Body of Christ that has ... up until now ... been a bastion of diversity on everything from degree of protestant to percentage of SUSAN RUSSELLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-76177941226811956722009-04-09T20:14:00.000-07:002009-04-09T20:14:00.000-07:00Mthr. Russell,You preached:Imagine what the conser...Mthr. Russell,<BR/><BR/>You preached:<BR/><BR/><EM>Imagine what the conservative bloggers of his day would have done to him -- and he would NEVER have obtained unanimous consents if he'd been elected as -- oh, let's just say the Bishop of Northern Michigan. No Siree Bob -- for the orthodites of the 21st century bear a remarkable resemblence to the orthodox of the 1st ... no coloring outside "Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10400109177404296836noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-87541312561301417882009-04-09T16:58:00.000-07:002009-04-09T16:58:00.000-07:00Fr. Craig,We started footwashing at the Maundy at ...Fr. Craig,<BR/><BR/>We started footwashing at the Maundy at St. Gregory's in 1980. In 1984, my son Peter, now a priest, was four years old. The morning after the Maundy liturgy he said, 'Jesus washed my feet last night.' <BR/><BR/>Our pattern was that all washed someone's feet and all had their own feet washed. We do it at a table Eucharist (using the Didache liturgy). There are a few peopleDonald Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328485899602529480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-78089125446558392092009-04-09T14:48:00.000-07:002009-04-09T14:48:00.000-07:00I can't stand the footwashing - not because I mind...I can't stand the footwashing - not because I mind doing it, I don't. But it makes people so uncomfortable, isolates those who refuse to participate, and it's just sloppy. Bad liturgy. I agree with all the symbolism, and I don't mind making folks uncomfortable with preaching - I do it all the time. But something about that really bugs me. The parish where I have come recently has never done Fr Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232925124388686609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-2915665241713147312009-04-09T13:22:00.000-07:002009-04-09T13:22:00.000-07:00Woops. I thought I'd signed my name to the the re...Woops. I thought I'd signed my name to the the response above. <BR/><BR/>Donald SchellDonald Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328485899602529480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-19851254351725178152009-04-09T09:38:00.000-07:002009-04-09T09:38:00.000-07:00Susan, thank you for a graceful piece and a clear ...Susan, thank you for a graceful piece and a clear call to faithfulness. Two related things come to mind <BR/><BR/>---one was a long ago relationship workshop at St. John the Divine in NYC. It included the editor of the co-habitation newsletter, Episcopal Marriage Encounter, some marriage counselors, clergy developing a process for pre-marital counseling, a group telling the story of their groupDonald Schellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08328485899602529480noreply@blogger.com