tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352677.post4862028884770076381..comments2024-03-11T05:57:18.030-04:00Comments on Sacraments Wholesale: The Bishop Candidates: Cathedral Dean is a Petition CandidateDeacon Timhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14981953522017981083noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3352677.post-40582848139800573452009-10-22T10:01:32.203-04:002009-10-22T10:01:32.203-04:00Thank you for this analysis and the information on...Thank you for this analysis and the information on candidate history that you are providing. The Search Committee's performance has been depressing in so many ways. The diocesan survey would have been hooted at by anyone with a background in social sciences and surveys. (At least, I have such a background, and I hooted, as did others I know. Others may have reacted differently, for example by giggling or crying.) Their whole approach has been to find and insure the election of a candidate committed to preventing blessing of same sex couples. To the other important but neglected candidate qualifications that you list, I'd add some, from the pragmatic (the ability and willingness to administer the everyday affairs of the diocese well, which is needed for so many aspects of Christian life in the parishes) to the pastoral (willingness to actively support lay ministry rather than shoving it into a corner). The Search Committee chairs' statement on-line tells us that the candidates are all virtually identical except with respect to their conservative or liberal bias. Not true. The Search Committee also tells us that they are all committed to remaining in the Episcopal Church. Of course that is also what Mark Lawrence said before becoming bishop of the lower diocese (yes, I know they hate being called that). Now he has shown that his statement was literally true, but effectively a bald-faced lie. He is taking the diocese out of the active life of the Episcopal Church as fast as he can. The Search Committee is seeking a Mark Lawrence for the Diocese of Upper South Carolina. It is just so depressing.Lynn T.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14735063632469351351noreply@blogger.com