Even before I could choke down my first cup of tea this morning I was annoyed to find, along with Matt, that the Press and Sun has managed to do it again. This is the first and foremost reason why I wouldn’t bother to shell out any of my hard earned pennies to receive this paper at home. Bill Moyer consistently and unrelentingly manages to put his spin on a crisis he knows nothing about again and again-from 2003 on. That’s right. Poor struggling bigoted traditionalist churches should die as quickly as possible while righteous rights based inclusive denomination should triumph. Now, how can I write an article that will accomplish this necessary outcome.
Trouble is, Mr. Moyer, Good Shepherd isn’t the one struggling. We’ve been growing on a nice upward tick for several years now. Meanwhile, the diocese of CNY has closed several churches, plunged themselves into a serious financial problem, continued to loose membership, and has become utterly directionless. And its not us, as we’ve said over and over, who are leaving. The Episcopal Church is on the chopping block here. They’ve got a short number of months to decide what to do. Its fine for Norreen so say, oh, we can’t possibly do anything until 2009, but that decision is a Big Unequivocating No to the communion. And the communion will hear it loud and clear.
Yes, surprise, I’m angry. The issues in our church are messy enough without Mr Moyer getting in and stirring the pot. If he’s going to bother to do an article, he, like, indeed, the leadership of TEC itself, should stop and discover what it is Christians actually believe, before rejecting it outright.
I will now drink my tea and recover my calm.
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