Food for thought

Sam Candler, dean of the cathedral in Atlanta, has placed a piece entitled The Episcopal Church is a Protestant Church on Episcopal Cafe'. I find his premise intriguing, and the comments by Tony Clavier helpful.

Also read the article by Joan Chittister, We All Need the Anglicans Right Now. That is wonderful as well.

CANA in Northern VA

Thanks to Susan for this link. I can't agree more.

Meanwhile, in my home state of South Dakota, Chip Johnson is being ordained a missionary of the Anglican Church to the Dakotas and Wyoming. I guess I really, honestly don't understand why for some people homosexuality is much more important an issue than undereducation and poverty of the indigenous peoples of that area, for example. I don't understand why one must separate based on that.

Whenever I get around to writing about who I am, I suppose one could understand my own point of view on this issue better. I tend to look for things that unite rather than divide, having suffered exclusion in my past life based on things I could not control.

I recently read Plan B: Further Thoughts on Faith by Anne Lamott. A line in there sums up my thinking pretty well: "...you can either practice being right or practice being kind." I don't think leaving the church because of needing to be right is a kind thing to do.