tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post3479672005862596398..comments2023-11-02T10:50:42.128-05:00Comments on CLOSED: Let Jesus Open the WayTLF+http://www.blogger.com/profile/01650010433581488888noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-15819207418944050352007-06-27T17:58:00.000-05:002007-06-27T17:58:00.000-05:00Thank you Tim. I have sent a letter to several fr...Thank you Tim. I have sent a letter to several friends still within the church asking: 1. At what point will the Episcopal Church cease to be a Christian entitiy? 2. Will you, or your priest recognize this when it has happened? 3. Do you love the building and the history more than you love Christ?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-37267781721544860222007-06-27T14:03:00.000-05:002007-06-27T14:03:00.000-05:00By the way, if you want to contact Presiding Bisho...By the way, if you want to contact Presiding Bishop Schori to let her know what you think about these lawsuits, here's how:<BR/><BR/>Snail mail:<BR/>The Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori<BR/>Presiding Bishop and Primate<BR/>815 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10017<BR/><BR/>E-mail: <BR/>pboffice@episcopalchurch.org<BR/><BR/>Phone: <BR/>(800) 334-7626<BR/><BR/>Might not be a bad idea for all of us who care about these things to let her know that it's not just a few breakaway parishes and African clergy who are upset about it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-39866894125779252222007-06-27T13:53:00.000-05:002007-06-27T13:53:00.000-05:00It makes me sad to see my church fraying at the ed...It makes me sad to see my church fraying at the edges, and it makes me at least as sad to see my church leadership suing congregations over ownership of buildings. <BR/><BR/>To ++Schori I would say: let those who want to leave with their buildings do so; let us show them that grace; let us not think that the strength of TEC is in our ability to retain property or retain legal counsel; let us not engage in lawsuits amongst ourselves. Let us instead show the same grace to those who would leave that we wish had been shown to us when we chose to walk apart from Rome centuries ago; let us show the same grace to those who would leave us as we would show to those who would join us; let us show the same grace to those who would leave us that our Father shows to us each time we choose to walk in our own counsel rather than in His. <BR/><BR/>Bishop Schori, God bless you with wisdom and godliness to confront the decisions that lie before you; God grant you the grace to conform all your decisions to His will, and to conform your mind not to the legal wisdom of this world but to the mind of Christ. The peace of Jesus be with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-873059253261642303.post-44935317754101384162007-06-27T13:48:00.000-05:002007-06-27T13:48:00.000-05:00Speaking as a lay person, I agree that we must con...Speaking as a lay person, I agree that we must continue to seriously consider the importance of rejecting satan's hold on TEC by leaving 'The House that TEC [once upon a time, Anglican]Built' but that TEC willingly gave to satan.<BR/><BR/>As Anglicans, we must continue to 1) preach over and over to the choir to keep morale up<BR/>2) reach other 'choir members' that we do not yet know in order to help the group as a whole become stronger and able to support each other further than in our own backyards<BR/>3) FIND A WAY to reach those who are either simply frustrated enough to go to another denomination or who are simply not getting the message (certainly not for our lack of trying) because they don't understand the full picture and may find themselves and their families in a very bad way if they don't catch on soon.<BR/><BR/>Friendly Anglican Lady in a Black Office ChairAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com