"Finally, I suspect that it is by entering that deep place inside us where our secrets are kept that we come perhaps closer than we do anywhere else to the One who, whether we realize it or not, is of all our secrets the most telling and the most precious we have to tell." Frederick Buechner
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Well, I guess I'm not invited
Bakersfield News
"Church Split Over Gay Bishop Invites Gays to Church"
"Tuesday night, Bishop John-Davis Scofield from the San Joaquin Diocese told the congregation at St. Lukes that the church has not shut its doors on everyone, just those involved in ministry who don't live according to their interpretation of scripture."
(Here's the real question: Does he sit or stand?)
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From what I can tell, he doesn't do much standing at any time.
ReplyDeleteTee hee.....
ReplyDeleteWhen you go to the linked page of the Bakersfield News, there is that picture of xJDS with a clickable instruction under it to "enlarge."
I ignored it, thinking it was unnecessary to make either the man or his influence any larger than it is. :-)
~Wayne