tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post9101764290070331697..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: If a tree falls in a forest . . .Elizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-74275418957654580382007-08-25T06:48:00.000-04:002007-08-25T06:48:00.000-04:00perhaps the appropriate question is,If the Anglica...perhaps the appropriate question is,<BR/><BR/>If the Anglican Communion falls apart in the middle of the forest, and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?<BR/><BR/>:)Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17851789276439393822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-59332141553244501502007-08-25T00:09:00.000-04:002007-08-25T00:09:00.000-04:00For almost 20 years I corresponded with the Late H...For almost 20 years I corresponded with the Late H. Bonnell Spencer, O.H.C. He wrote time and again of his Anglican church, and I wish he were still with us. <BR/><BR/>He lives in my memory as a modern Anglican divine, and Rev EK, you and he would have got along so well together. Two voices raised in harmony.Nicholodeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04635130840376590745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-32749921672271682172007-08-24T18:31:00.000-04:002007-08-24T18:31:00.000-04:00Dear Elizabeth+,The vegetative moral sense of the ...Dear Elizabeth+,<BR/><BR/>The vegetative moral sense of the neo-puritans causes pain to so many.<BR/><BR/>They definitely need to re-read:<BR/><BR/>Fry and Thou by Martin Tuber<BR/><BR/>[I've seen you on Mad Priest's blog and, since he's on holiday, I thought a little pun might give you a smile. You don't need to post the actual comment since its off topic.]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-53375086023778596032007-08-24T10:09:00.000-04:002007-08-24T10:09:00.000-04:00Hi Elizabeth, I see that you are back and well re...Hi Elizabeth, I see that you are back and well rested; possibly even feisty. And now, on to philosophy. As an ersatz poet, I would say that the sound of one hand clapping is loneliness.<BR/><BR/>But we as Episcopalians should not feel lonely. We’ve been on our own since 1789 and we have many Episcopalian hands clapping and we make a great sound. I know that there is fear over what is happening in the Anglican Communion but I don’t share in it. <BR/><BR/> I’m not sure why there is this need to be part of something larger, especially if the something larger causes nothing but consternation and anguish. I sometimes find it worrisome to be part of something so large and with one person calling the shots. Having been a Roman Catholic in a former life, I fear going in that direction. We don’t need a Pope. We don’t really need the ABofC and I could care less if he recognizes me or not.<BR/><BR/>As far as what the BCP says, one view will never be accepted by all. It’s an exercise in futility. <BR/><BR/>In my mind, the question becomes, do we serve our people or do we serve our leaders or do we just serve our own respective agendas. Truthfully, I’m more worried about poverty, the homeless, and myriad other social issues than who gets invited to what convention or what the right wing pointy hats are saying, or which version of the Bible or BCP is truth. The time we have on this earth is fleeting and soon we are all going to be standing before Christ trying to explain why we wasted that precious arguing and not “loving our neighbors as ourselves”.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623709712119761741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-19783675307580750102007-08-24T08:58:00.000-04:002007-08-24T08:58:00.000-04:00Well, despite some of us who have worked very hard...Well, despite some of us who have worked very hard to avoid "the near occassion of the sin" of schism, others have worked even harder to bring it about. <BR/><BR/>Some have decided that the only response to a percieved heresey is schism.<BR/><BR/>And so, it's a bit like watching an accident happen in slow motion.<BR/><BR/>After a while, there's little to comment on except, "Yes, it's going to happen."<BR/><BR/>There are so many other things in the world worth commenting on.Elizabeth Kaetonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-55603722674356189922007-08-24T05:04:00.000-04:002007-08-24T05:04:00.000-04:00It's good to hear you speaking on these issues aga...It's good to hear you speaking on these issues again, Elizabeth. <BR/><BR/>And I say a hearty "amen" to your essay.Lisa Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881671380217888810noreply@blogger.com