tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post7363835633904482364..comments2024-02-15T03:32:25.686-05:00Comments on Preludium, Anglican and Episcopal futures: Good Hope In the Valley of the San JoaquinMark Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-129301959726522962009-02-16T20:26:00.000-05:002009-02-16T20:26:00.000-05:00Alleen....oops, I got it. Thanks.Alleen....oops, I got it. Thanks.Mark Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06871096746243771489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-75160839555596777362009-02-16T19:56:00.000-05:002009-02-16T19:56:00.000-05:00In paragraph 3 you call the area the Episcopal Dio...In paragraph 3 you call the area the Episcopal Diocese of California. That diocese is in the San Francisco area, not the San Joaquin valley area. <BR/><BR/>AileenDeaconAileenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15672880498659821283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-67397461753528173092009-02-03T12:00:00.000-05:002009-02-03T12:00:00.000-05:00Father Mark, what is being done to prevent these t...Father Mark, what is being done to prevent these types of bishops in the future? The damage is certainly not worth having another elected and approved. Preventing a mess is better than cleaning one up.Brother Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06333089314994730330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-10653519863289634992009-02-03T10:04:00.000-05:002009-02-03T10:04:00.000-05:00Wow, I love this tribute to the valley of the con...Wow, I love this tribute to the valley of the continuing Episcopal Diocese of San Joaquin. The satellite picture is not one I have seen before, and it is quite remarkable. I am glad we shared some of our beautiful winter weather while you were here. (I have to acknowledge that the fog can be treacherous, and can hang in for days.)<BR/><BR/>As a continuing Episcopalian in the Diocese of San Joaquin, I will say that our journey has been long and difficult and we know that it continues. It is about differing ideology and who would have thought that would be so important that we would have schism. I joined this church oh, so many years ago because I believed that we were allowed to think; if fact, I believed we were encouraged to think. I knew there were many differing views among those of us who came together at the Communion Table, and I celebrated those very differences. <BR/>The fog is a wonderful metaphor for the recent San Joaquin Episcopal experience. There are a number of us who have taken many steps off and away from the well known path, away from our loved and familiar buildings, into an unknown future, dimly perceived in the beginning. We had no certainty of what was out there, off in the distance. There were familiar lines in the road, the well known prayers of the prayer book that we found in neighboring churches an hour away. There were reassuring lights that appeared along the way, letters of support from other dioceses, bloggers who saw our experience, leaders from the national church who appeared, spread some light, and withdrew to handle other matters. The fog can be treacherous, and can hang in there for days. But it lifts, and we always know that it will. But in the midst of the darkness, it is about knowing there is no other way to go but to continue on in faith.Beryl Simkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04518248428800542990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10326675.post-68790376080266596492009-02-03T00:48:00.000-05:002009-02-03T00:48:00.000-05:00Womb of CA: I like that. With its Tule Fogs and r...Womb of CA: I like that. With its Tule Fogs and rich farmland -- dropping over the Tejon Pass in the Tehachapi Mtns down into the immense, fertile valley -- flanked on either side by the Most Beautiful range of the Sierra and the deceptively gentle coast range --- and then at the North end narrowing down as it merges into the Cascades and passes into the volcanoes of Lassen and Shasta: lots of rockin and rollin.<BR/><BR/>I love my state.IThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09605163506396013904noreply@blogger.com