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Three years ago, the ECUSA voted to confirm Gene Robinson as the first gay bishop. Yesterday, they voted Katherine Jefferts Schori the first woman Presiding Bishop. (The PB is the head of the Episcopal Church of the United States.)
Make no mistake, within the Anglican Communion, this election is going to be just as significant, just as controversial, as Robinson's. Even more so.
Wow.
Jefferts Schori voted for Gene Robinson's consecration. The runner up for PB, Henry Parsley of Alabama, opposed it.
Things are going to get seriously unpleasant within the ECUSA, and within the Anglican Communion, even more so than they were after the last General Convention.
While I rejoice at the election of a woman as PB, and the signal that sends about the role of women in God's work at all levels, I am sad about the turmoil that this is going to cause.
It is very easy to say "They're wrong" but in reality it's not that simple: we are people who share bonds of faith, bonds of history. "They" are not some amorphous enemy; they are our friends and fellow believers.
Make no mistake, within the Anglican Communion, this election is going to be just as significant, just as controversial, as Robinson's. Even more so.
Wow.
Jefferts Schori voted for Gene Robinson's consecration. The runner up for PB, Henry Parsley of Alabama, opposed it.
Things are going to get seriously unpleasant within the ECUSA, and within the Anglican Communion, even more so than they were after the last General Convention.
While I rejoice at the election of a woman as PB, and the signal that sends about the role of women in God's work at all levels, I am sad about the turmoil that this is going to cause.
It is very easy to say "They're wrong" but in reality it's not that simple: we are people who share bonds of faith, bonds of history. "They" are not some amorphous enemy; they are our friends and fellow believers.