tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post3389030833887015793..comments2023-12-25T23:40:17.701-05:00Comments on Confessions of a Carioca: Deconstructing BonnieDaniel Martinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15980949721733826978noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-34746405673815297422007-02-24T13:01:00.000-05:002007-02-24T13:01:00.000-05:00Well done, Fr. Dan! As always, you are a fine writ...Well done, Fr. Dan! As always, you are a fine writer and thinker. I also appreciate your willingness to be gracious while discussing things that touch the very core of our being.<BR/><BR/>Archbishop Carnley's response to Ms. Anderson (re: Panel of Reference) makes similar points. One cannot help but feel that many in TEC have spent so much time talking only to those with whom they agree that they have become unable to see any other point of view, or to step back from their arguments and see logical flaws, unmerited assumptions, or poor reasoning. My prayer is that TEC will experience enlightenment about what it means to be part of a Body, rather than continue to operate in such a vacuum. Much of the rest of the Communion understands our Polity quite well; they just see it as insufficient to the work of the Church in our modern era and being used conveniently to avoid true dialogue. The Primate's meeting, like Lambeth, is one of the few times when we cannot set the agenda; we have to "face the music" from others and listen, rather than control the terms of conversation. This is painful for our Imperial Church, but necessary. All of us must learn anew and more deeply the charism of humility – and none more so, I would hazard, than those with the most money, comfort, power, and influence.<BR/><BR/>In Christ,<BR/><BR/>Hursley<BR/><BR/>Non clamor sed amor psallit in aure DeiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34346296.post-65925183003922396862007-02-24T11:03:00.000-05:002007-02-24T11:03:00.000-05:00Great Points! Thank you for keeping us all up to ...Great Points! Thank you for keeping us all up to date! You have always been concerned about those in the pews. Those who may not have the insight or time to find all the information out there!, your writings here give us a one stop update of the goings on!<BR/>Keep on a writin'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com