tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post5267054803552617526..comments2024-02-15T03:32:25.686-05:00Comments on Preludium, Anglican and Episcopal futures: Bitter searching of the heart and rising to play a greater part.Mark Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-57489099985238132642014-12-31T23:50:51.324-05:002014-12-31T23:50:51.324-05:00I happened upon your beautiful post this New Years...I happened upon your beautiful post this New Years Eve 2014, as a result of 1) thinking of Time, which reminded me of the song "Time After Time" then, 2)viewing an interesting Vimeo of Cyndi Lauper's song, then 3)seeing another Vimeo titled Bitter Searching of the Heart that intrigued me to know more about the phrase, then 4) Googling the title and here you were, informing me of the Leonard Connection to the piece. I have since found YouTube videos with him reciting it and love it. Two highlights in my lifetime were seeing Leonard Cohen in concert in Portland, Oregon. I adore the man and his body of work, but was unfamiliar with this one. And I thank you so much. And I wish you a beautiful New Year. Peace to the world in 2015. Lydiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11135393270656573516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-40197561754700816342014-01-17T11:35:23.359-05:002014-01-17T11:35:23.359-05:00Mark, I think this is one of your most valuable po...Mark, I think this is one of your most valuable posts ever. I have continued mulling it over for the past couple of weeks and have sent the link to other people. The theology of kenosis is absolutely crucial for the church(es) at this time. You said it all so fully that I can only say, Amen.Mary Clarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17740106390949553500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-91335240852866266322014-01-12T10:26:26.838-05:002014-01-12T10:26:26.838-05:00I think there is a general quiet across the board....I think there is a general quiet across the board. Look at how few responses there are at T19, for example. But I put this down to the recognition that we are coming apart, and that only the details are unclear. There will be a split. It appears that official TEC will move fully ahead with its SS agenda, as will its counterparts in Anglican Church of Canada. The Primate there speaks of space for conscience at the diocesan level and individual priest level. I suspect this is a reality check. It would be good if TEC would follow suit, but I doubt it will in any public statement re: Diocesan opt-out. So we will simply watch as two entities emerge. The only real question is the charitable character (or not) of the formal separation. Will the litigation end? Will dioceses be able to make their own way forward without signing on to the SS agenda? Things will remain quiet until we see the details of this separation come into play. Even in South Carolina we have recently seen the spectacle of the TEC remnant in suit with the insurance company of TEC! This kind of thing costs huge sums and just shows the degree of chaos. Let the separation ensue with charity.<br /><br />SCMSCMnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-73765884905865729592014-01-11T13:14:18.870-05:002014-01-11T13:14:18.870-05:00Mark, Are you the priest at Canterbury House in An...Mark, Are you the priest at Canterbury House in Ann Arbor back in 1971? If so, you had a key role in leading me and my wife Nancy to faith from atheism. <br />We started a house church and it's now Vineyard Church of Ann Arbor. Anyway, I remember you with gratitude and affection. If you are another Mark Harris, you've probably had similar impact on someone who hasn't contacted you! (Anyway, my email is senior pastor@annarborvineyard.org if you want to confirm).Anonymoushttp://www.annarborvienaryd.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-6539001573860545482014-01-10T22:01:58.062-05:002014-01-10T22:01:58.062-05:00Bob...thank you more than you can know. I too wond...Bob...thank you more than you can know. I too wondered about the lack of response. On Facebook there were several responses, but of course they don't translate as comments on the blog. Still, I wondered. So your comment made me feel less alone at a time when such tender response is most valuable. <br /><br />Pax yourself.<br /><br />Mark Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-27026987152797690242014-01-08T09:04:58.193-05:002014-01-08T09:04:58.193-05:00Mark,
I have let your New Years article sit for a...Mark, <br />I have let your New Years article sit for a week for a couple of reasons.<br />1. I wanted to hear what others might have to say in response. With one brief comment that has not otherwise happened.<br />2. I needed to read and re-read your article to absorb the richness and insight which you predictably bring to your writing and thinking. <br /> I am somewhat curious about why this article did not provoke the usual replies, and I think I know the answer. I think you scared the hell out of a lot of clergy and laity who firmly agree with you but are despondent and don’t want to go there. For me, you resonate firmly with my feelings and perceptions at this point in time. I think that a fair number of our generational colleagues would agree.<br /> Amidst the institutional collapse and debris and myriad new twists on the scene I recall it was Peggy Lee who made popular the song “Is that all there is?” Most of us were given a vision in seminary, nurtured in decades of parish and other ministries, of which leadership is unaware or determined to need replacement. So with the aim of assuring you that you are in a much broader company and also once again grateful for your insight and your willingness to share it, I thank you. And oh yes, whatever comes of the institutional church, the conflagrations of 19th century-minded reactionaries, and the tinkerers with alluring fads, there really is something much more important to many of us and that can not be taken away.<br /> Pax, Bob McCloskeyBob McCloskeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-17578224031794083192014-01-01T18:53:45.436-05:002014-01-01T18:53:45.436-05:00Yeppa.
Thank you.Yeppa.<br />Thank you.it's margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13577280471100732619noreply@blogger.com