tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post7153750815769788010..comments2023-12-17T16:13:06.670-05:00Comments on In a Godward direction: Room at the TableTobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-80724187094670510952019-03-12T09:08:45.631-05:002019-03-12T09:08:45.631-05:00Thank you, WDG.
Otming, this is part of the downs...Thank you, WDG.<br /><br />Otming, this is part of the downside of a church polity that is structured globally but executed locally; and that cuts both ways, as you describe -- and a few recalcitrant bishops to the contrary, a priest who wishes to bless a same-sex couple's marriage cannot be stopped from doing so in any of the domestic dioceses of The Episcopal Church. All clergy still have a right not to solemnize any given marriage, but General Convention (2018) intended that this should not be a bar to a couple being married in their own diocese. We are living in a time of transition, and the movement towards justice is slow; but when I think of what I have seen in my own lifetime, I am convinced that only the power of God could make it so. Tobias Stanislas Haller BSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08047429477181560685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-48772177099989370412019-03-11T17:48:46.774-05:002019-03-11T17:48:46.774-05:00This is why I am no longer an Episcopalian. I was ...This is why I am no longer an Episcopalian. I was catechized by Sam Portaro, I worked with Elizabeth Carl, the first openly lesbian person to be ordained, before she became a priest. I thought I had found a church that welcomed all. Then I found myself in a place where the bishop forbad same-sex marriage ceremonies within his diocese, even if a priest was perfectly willing to officiate; an Episcopalian couple had to go outside its geographical boundaries. And the denomination was okay with that, even though it allowed priests to plead conscience if they disagreed with a bishop who allowed same-sex marriages. If negative freedom of conscience is honored, why isn’t positive freedom?otminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18024428875536064642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6786565.post-71262070423492336822019-02-24T23:03:44.463-05:002019-02-24T23:03:44.463-05:00"His method, it seems, is to do good, treatin..."His method, it seems, is to do good, treating all the same, and let the chips fall where they may." <br /><br />And where does it say that? Oh, yeah--in today's gospel reading.wdg_pghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15990866393869521490noreply@blogger.com