tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post6352582366133634967..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: Live - from St. Stephen's Parish, HackingtonElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-79307718269942579932008-07-27T00:17:00.000-04:002008-07-27T00:17:00.000-04:00Prayers ascending for your parishioner, JaneR. Tel...Prayers ascending for your parishioner, JaneR. Tell him there's another one "right there w/ him" in the anger and PAIN.<BR/><BR/>How long, Lord, how long? Must *I* be in the grave as long as "Mr. William Bunce and Mr. William Carter", before we LGBT people receive our <B>simple dignity</B> as children of God? Come, Lord Jesus!JCFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14516376500318551838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-84822080634242816412008-07-25T09:27:00.000-04:002008-07-25T09:27:00.000-04:00Jane R makes an EXCELLENT point. I'm pissed off a...Jane R makes an EXCELLENT point. I'm pissed off about that "normal Christian" remark too--really pissed--and my sexuality would pass Sudanese muster.<BR/><BR/>But I do not care one bit for this slippery slope of "normal" vs. "abnormal" Christians. There are plenty of things in my mind that would qualify me as an "abnormal Christian." When we get right down to it, who of is IS a "normal Christian?"<BR/><BR/>Jane, please tell your congregant that I am sitting in his hurting place alongside him. Hell, we'll just all be abnormal in our own ways together!Kirkepiscatoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651684515435040529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-20774421797603196012008-07-25T00:48:00.000-04:002008-07-25T00:48:00.000-04:00Hi Elizabeth. Like so many others I am enjoying yo...Hi Elizabeth. Like so many others I am enjoying your Lambeth commentary. It's the many of the little things that you notice and the background <I> coloUr </I> of your surroundings in Canterbury and elsewhere that make a big difference for us here back at home.<BR/><BR/>Keep up the good work!Robert Zacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13249208047645645825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-57058295519724422842008-07-24T17:01:00.000-04:002008-07-24T17:01:00.000-04:00Thank you for this lovely tour, Elizabeth.Thank you for this lovely tour, Elizabeth.Lisa Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00881671380217888810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-49395724971083106572008-07-24T16:39:00.000-04:002008-07-24T16:39:00.000-04:00Sounds like you are having an amazing time. So wh...Sounds like you are having an amazing time. So when do we all get the souvenir T-shirt? You know, the one that says, "My friend TELP went to Lambeth and all I got was this lousy T-shirt!"Kirkepiscatoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02651684515435040529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-33119120142087225842008-07-24T16:03:00.000-04:002008-07-24T16:03:00.000-04:00This is a wonderful post. Thank you for the detai...This is a wonderful post. Thank you for the details! I've always loved a parish surrouded by "the saints." Used to enjoy visiting old parish churches in/around DC when I lived there. There are some stories to be told by the walls and parish yards of those old churches. How much more where you are!Lindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662429826507775390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-55243062495172954722008-07-24T14:03:00.000-04:002008-07-24T14:03:00.000-04:00You do it much better than Madonna!Thanks for the ...You do it much better than Madonna!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the local colour.<BR/><BR/>And please keep in your prayers one of our gay congregants who is terribly upset and angered by +Daniel Deng Bul's statement. +Gene Robinson's videos and writings don't console him. He can't bear anything about patience and forbearance any more. I'm sure (well, almost sure - and we don't talk much about the Communion, we mostly go about our business of being church, which I think is the case for most congregations in the AC and in TEC) he won't leave our congregation, of which he is a long-time, active, and beloved member, but his pain is intense right now. Just being with him and sharing in his pain is all one can do at the moment. Pray for the church. Pray for those who suffer. Pray for those who inflict suffering, whether they know what they do or not. Pray for those who work for welcome and justice.Jane Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13814517077774999407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-61828288510293318502008-07-24T12:10:00.000-04:002008-07-24T12:10:00.000-04:00Thanks for all the background colour. It helps ma...Thanks for all the background colour. It helps make the event more real.<BR/><BR/>I find markers like the one you mentioned so sad. Those men led the way on a path we still cannot see to the end. <BR/><BR/>"It's still a long hard and <B>damn hard</B> and bitter road, but its 2008," <BR/><BR/>Shel Silverstein in "Hey Nellie, Nellie."<BR/><BR/>FWIW<BR/>jimBJimBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17312606954135884910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-47273485555526409992008-07-24T11:24:00.000-04:002008-07-24T11:24:00.000-04:00Lovely report, Elizabeth. Thank you. Pretty pitc...Lovely report, Elizabeth. Thank you. Pretty pitchas, too, love. Also, prayers for a knock-it-out-of-the-ballpark sermon at St. Andrews. I know you can do it - with God's help.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-59885947132092572722008-07-24T10:45:00.000-04:002008-07-24T10:45:00.000-04:00Mark Beach here, Rector of St Andrew's Rugby and w...Mark Beach here, Rector of St Andrew's Rugby and we are <B>DELIGHTED</B> that Elizabeth is coming to see us. We met while I was Interim Rector of All Saints Millington in the Diocese of Newark 10 years ago and she and Barbara gave us a wonderful feast of Clam Chowder in their home. (well food seems to feature quite highly in Elizabeth's posts...)<BR/><BR/>Anyway take a look at our website to see the fabulous church that Elizabeth is coming to on Sunday ... www.rugbyteam.org.uk and follow the links to St Andrew'sAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-73313479584442066292008-07-24T09:49:00.000-04:002008-07-24T09:49:00.000-04:00Elizabeth, having built backyard perogalas before...Elizabeth, having built backyard perogalas before, I must warn you not to plant wisteria. That plant is highly destructive. Over time it could snap a telephone pole. Go with some other climber and the structure will last a lot longer.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05623709712119761741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-5095395139650812502008-07-24T09:45:00.000-04:002008-07-24T09:45:00.000-04:00Beautiful post, and makes me miss home so much. I...Beautiful post, and makes me miss home so much. I love the stories on the gravestones you tell.marnanelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335477330828148496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-62314535063821535022008-07-24T09:35:00.000-04:002008-07-24T09:35:00.000-04:00Sounds like an amazing time!I can't wait for you t...Sounds like an amazing time!<BR/><BR/>I can't wait for you to start with the English spelling (humour, colour, etc.)the Reverend boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09606211682028390049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-41948712917832448172008-07-24T08:52:00.000-04:002008-07-24T08:52:00.000-04:00What a beautiful post to read... Thank you.What a beautiful post to read... Thank you.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.com