tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post3330810682489531089..comments2024-02-21T03:20:21.898-08:00Comments on An Inch At A Time: Reflections on the Journey: Thoughts on TREC: [Task Force for Reimaging the Episcopal Church]SUSAN RUSSELLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01795717638621668638noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-57441774149073881752014-10-07T12:08:39.065-07:002014-10-07T12:08:39.065-07:00One more thought: TREC seems to want GC to transit...One more thought: TREC seems to want GC to transition into being something else entirely. This is misguided. GC is needed to do certain things, and those things are not compatible with being a missional convocation, whatever that might be.Lionel Deimelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363018512775944659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-68690398109665786272014-10-07T12:05:58.492-07:002014-10-07T12:05:58.492-07:00I agree wholeheartedly with Paul (A.).I agree wholeheartedly with Paul (A.).Lionel Deimelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363018512775944659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-75068023195022956202014-10-07T10:23:43.006-07:002014-10-07T10:23:43.006-07:00Responsive to Lionel's question, I can only no...Responsive to Lionel's question, I can only note that when you try to populate a committee with persons removed from the current structure, you will get some proposals that do not take into account the current structure.<br /><br />For example, the Presiding Bishop is accountable to no one. Canon III.12.9 does not apply to him/her, and the Constitution (Art. I Sec. 3) only contemplates earlyPaul (A.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543357437252555101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-88447429668330032672014-10-07T06:44:42.112-07:002014-10-07T06:44:42.112-07:00The one thing that TREC seems to be clinging to is...The one thing that TREC seems to be clinging to is the concept of General Convention as a "missional convocation", or maybe a both/and. Crowds other than the Deputies and Bishops would join in a missional extravaganza of enlightenment.<br /><br />But how many churched or unchurched GC outsiders would in fact make the trek to, say, Salt Lake City? I was reading some diocesan journals Paul (A.)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07543357437252555101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21609676.post-91632599561863065842014-10-06T18:35:39.730-07:002014-10-06T18:35:39.730-07:00I had low expectations for the churchwide meeting,...I had low expectations for the churchwide meeting, and I was not disappointed.<br /><br />You noted: “The nice woman who took at stab at it -- Margaret Shannon from Texas -- instead gave a rather defensive reframing of the portion of the Lazarus Letter giving the PB unilateral hiring/firing capacity coupled with a little lecture about how it would all work out fine because ‘a wise presiding Lionel Deimelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08363018512775944659noreply@blogger.com