Comments for The bishop's blog http://upperscvii.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 17 May 2008 23:28:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on A Pastoral Letter to the Church in Upper South Carolina by Imogene Stranch http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/a-pastoral-letter-to-the-church-in-upper-south-carolina-2/#comment-1487 Imogene Stranch Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:17:13 +0000 http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/05/15/a-pastoral-letter-to-the-church-in-upper-south-carolina-2/#comment-1487 You do not seem to realize that the issue is not homosexuality, but the person of Jesus Christ, the authority of Scripture and Ms. Schoris statement that there are many ways to God. TEC is not heretical but apostate. My ancesters as Anglicans go back to the Reformation, so all this has caused deep pain and anger. However when the Lord asked me"do you love me more than these?" And I answere. He then said,"Leave". So in obedience to my Lord, I left and He as abundantly confirmed that a "new reformation" is taking place. He is "sifting" at this point. May you desire the truth so much that you will be willing "to see and understand". The real Holy Spirit is waiting to lead you into all truth. You do not seem to realize that the issue is not homosexuality, but the person of Jesus Christ, the authority of Scripture and Ms. Schoris statement that there are many ways to God. TEC is not heretical but apostate. My ancesters as Anglicans go back to the Reformation, so all this has caused deep pain and anger. However when the Lord asked me”do you love me more than these?” And I answere. He then said,”Leave”. So in obedience to my Lord, I left and He as abundantly confirmed that a “new reformation” is taking place. He is “sifting” at this point. May you desire the truth so much that you will be willing “to see and understand”. The real Holy Spirit is waiting to lead you into all truth.

]]> Comment on About by Ned Carmody @ Ivy Gates http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1486 Ned Carmody @ Ivy Gates Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:58:43 +0000 #comment-1486 My dear Bishop how did you vote at the House of Bishops meeting on the attempted depositions of Bishops Cox and Schofield? My dear Bishop how did you vote at the House of Bishops meeting on the attempted depositions of Bishops Cox and Schofield?

]]> Comment on Bishop Henderson’s Christmas sermon by Courtney Tollison http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/bishop-hendersons-christmas-sermon/#comment-1484 Courtney Tollison Wed, 16 Jan 2008 21:29:20 +0000 http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/bishop-hendersons-christmas-sermon/#comment-1484 I love this sermon. I heard a version of this at my confirmation ceremony last week and was moved by it, as were many others present that evening. Thank you Bishop Henderson! I love this sermon. I heard a version of this at my confirmation ceremony last week and was moved by it, as were many others present that evening. Thank you Bishop Henderson!

]]> Comment on Bishop Henderson’s Christmas sermon by Jim Welsh http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/bishop-hendersons-christmas-sermon/#comment-1479 Jim Welsh Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:53:54 +0000 http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/bishop-hendersons-christmas-sermon/#comment-1479 "Beloved, it is dark outside—it is very dark." I am sorry that you chose to begin your sermon in such a negative tone. I think the unstoppable light eventually works it's way out in the process of the sermon. We have been blessed to see the light, and that is the way I would have begun. “Beloved, it is dark outside—it is very dark.”

I am sorry that you chose to begin your sermon in such a negative tone. I think the unstoppable light eventually works it’s way out in the process of the sermon. We have been blessed to see the light, and that is the way I would have begun.

]]> Comment on About by Fr David Moore http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/about/#comment-1473 Fr David Moore Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:24:56 +0000 #comment-1473 +Bishop, What a wonderful and "enlightening" homily for Christmas! Thank you for your gifts. +Bishop,

What a wonderful and “enlightening” homily for Christmas! Thank you for your gifts.

]]> Comment on On the report of the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates to the Archbishop of Canterbury by Karen McLeod http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/on-the-report-of-the-joint-standing-committee-of-the-primates-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury/#comment-1464 Karen McLeod Wed, 26 Dec 2007 18:59:47 +0000 http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/on-the-report-of-the-joint-standing-committee-of-the-primates-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury/#comment-1464 To me the "One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church" is all baptized persons, although many chose not to regard "apostolic" as we do. Thus with all these schisms we do nothing but wound ourselves. And the African and Asian bishops who choose to show no respect for their fellow bishops are tearing those wounds wider. I understand the Apostolic bishopric to be the outward and visible sign of the mystical Church present throughout time/space. Do current churches of all flavors mess up? Of course! Thank's be to God for His determined redemption of that which is broken! May we work together to make this Church, trapped as it is in our current troubles and divisions, more closely resemble the Church Triumphant. It would be nice if we could figure out some way in each diocese and in the National Church to allow the 'dissenting' communities to rent or otherwise to retain use of the Church grounds that they currently occupy, while at the same time making it quite clear that the do not own them, and that they may use them only as long as the TEC diocese does not require the land for its own congregations. I do not understand how that might work, but, and may God forgive me if I'm wrong, I suspect that the major interest that Akinola has in this country is in acquiring wealth to finance his own church, which will, ultimately, look little like anything we recognize as Anglican. At the same time, I suspect that showing mercy to dissenters works better than litigation in encouraging their return (and many may want to in a few years). As a holy people, while we must respect our fellow Anglicans, I think we need to reach out to those homosexuals within our midst. We need to utterly, publicly, and specifically defend them if/when they are attacked verbally, in writing, or physically. As much as I dislike it, I agree that for the sake of the Anglican Communion we need to refrain from public rites of union, but we need to tell the homosexual community that we welcome them and their loved ones, and that if cannot at this time, publicly celebrate their unions with rites, we can honor them in the sense of including them as a welcome part of our communion. And we can listen to the hurt that that statement causes, and try to find ways to ease that hurt. These people contribute plenty to our congregations, and its time to accept them as they are, rather than treating their sexuality as a dirty little secret. We ask for commitment to one person from our heterosexual community. Yet we accept less than perfect there without too much trouble. Can we not find some way to honor this ideal when it is present in our homosexual community, and respond with love even when they aren't perfect either? Bishop Henerson, Thankyou for your efforts to lead this fractious diocese. May God sustain your efforts. To me the “One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church” is all baptized persons, although many chose not to regard “apostolic” as we do. Thus with all these schisms we do nothing but wound ourselves. And the African and Asian bishops who choose to show no respect for their fellow bishops are tearing those wounds wider. I understand the Apostolic bishopric to be the outward and visible sign of the mystical Church present throughout time/space. Do current churches of all flavors mess up? Of course! Thank’s be to God for His determined redemption of that which is broken! May we work together to make this Church, trapped as it is in our current troubles and divisions, more closely resemble the Church Triumphant.

It would be nice if we could figure out some way in each diocese and in the National Church to allow the ‘dissenting’ communities to rent or otherwise to retain use of the Church grounds that they currently occupy, while at the same time making it quite clear that the do not own them, and that they may use them only as long as the TEC diocese does not require the land for its own congregations. I do not understand how that might work, but, and may God forgive me if I’m wrong, I suspect that the major interest that Akinola has in this country is in acquiring wealth to finance his own church, which will, ultimately, look little like anything we recognize as Anglican. At the same time, I suspect that showing mercy to dissenters works better than litigation in encouraging their return (and many may want to in a few years).

As a holy people, while we must respect our fellow Anglicans, I think we need to reach out to those homosexuals within our midst. We need to utterly, publicly, and specifically defend them if/when they are attacked verbally, in writing, or physically. As much as I dislike it, I agree that for the sake of the Anglican Communion we need to refrain from public rites of union, but we need to tell the homosexual community that we welcome them and their loved ones, and that if cannot at this time, publicly celebrate their unions with rites, we can honor them in the sense of including them as a welcome part of our communion. And we can listen to the hurt that that statement causes, and try to find ways to ease that hurt. These people contribute plenty to our congregations, and its time to accept them as they are, rather than treating their sexuality as a dirty little secret. We ask for commitment to one person from our heterosexual community. Yet we accept less than perfect there without too much trouble. Can we not find some way to honor this ideal when it is present in our homosexual community, and respond with love even when they aren’t perfect either?

Bishop Henerson, Thankyou for your efforts to lead this fractious diocese. May God sustain your efforts.

]]> Comment on On the report of the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates to the Archbishop of Canterbury by Joshua http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/on-the-report-of-the-joint-standing-committee-of-the-primates-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury/#comment-1351 Joshua Thu, 01 Nov 2007 23:20:00 +0000 http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/on-the-report-of-the-joint-standing-committee-of-the-primates-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury/#comment-1351 Michael, if the Episcopal Church considers herself to be "a precious part of the Body of Christ", then perhaps we should act that way. And another note, about suing people who have not changed the faith, the dioceses that want to realign are letting parishes that want to stay leave the diocese freely, talking their property. Perhaps we should take lesson from them? Michael, if the Episcopal Church considers herself to be “a precious part of the Body of Christ”, then perhaps we should act that way.

And another note, about suing people who have not changed the faith, the dioceses that want to realign are letting parishes that want to stay leave the diocese freely, talking their property. Perhaps we should take lesson from them?

]]> Comment on On the report of the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates to the Archbishop of Canterbury by Richard Irons http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/on-the-report-of-the-joint-standing-committee-of-the-primates-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury/#comment-1345 Richard Irons Tue, 30 Oct 2007 15:28:11 +0000 http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/on-the-report-of-the-joint-standing-committee-of-the-primates-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury/#comment-1345 Dear Dorsey, In respect to questions #2 "(2) What are the implications of the affirmation that “We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church?”—or, what does it mean to be part of something larger?" After reading statements from some of the African Primates on how they are more in commune with Muslim beliefs I have to ask myself: Whose one and holy catholic and apostolic Church???? I just got back home from another battle with Cancer and starting to believe that I must have an expiration date tattooed on me which make me more aware of how silly most of the church's difficulties are. We should try an live what our Lord tried to teach us rather than argue about all things. Dee and I have a spot for our ashes when the time comes about at St. Augustines in Aiken. This spot is for sale since we have decided on a National Cemetery, both of us are verterans and eligible I personally have little faith left in the boisterous strains of the TEC in South Carolina, Texas, strange group in Central Florida Pittsburgh, Colorado and Virginia. I will have my affiliation with Christs Church, Cherry Valley, Prince Edward Island and the Anglican Church of Canada. It's been fun knowing and working with you since you became the Bish. You are still free to visit as a friend if you ever feel up to it. Peace, Dick Dear Dorsey,
In respect to questions #2 “(2) What are the implications of the affirmation that “We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church?”—or, what does it mean to be part of something larger?”
After reading statements from some of the African Primates on how they are more in commune with Muslim beliefs I have to ask myself: Whose one and holy catholic and apostolic Church????

I just got back home from another battle with Cancer and starting to believe that I must have an expiration date tattooed on me which make me more aware of how silly most of the church’s difficulties are. We should try an live what our Lord tried to teach us rather than argue about all things.

Dee and I have a spot for our ashes when the time comes about at St. Augustines in Aiken. This spot is for sale since we have decided on a National Cemetery, both of us are verterans and eligible

I personally have little faith left in the boisterous strains of the TEC in South Carolina, Texas, strange group in Central Florida Pittsburgh, Colorado and Virginia. I will have my affiliation with Christs Church, Cherry Valley, Prince Edward Island and the Anglican Church of Canada.

It’s been fun knowing and working with you since you became the Bish. You are still free to visit as a friend if you ever feel up to it.

Peace,
Dick

]]> Comment on On the report of the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates to the Archbishop of Canterbury by Michael Allsworth http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/on-the-report-of-the-joint-standing-committee-of-the-primates-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury/#comment-1326 Michael Allsworth Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:37:59 +0000 http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/on-the-report-of-the-joint-standing-committee-of-the-primates-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury/#comment-1326 TO Joshua ... The Bishop fights because, just like the dissenters we're suing, the Episcopal Church too is a precious part of the Body of Christ. TO Joshua …

The Bishop fights because, just like the dissenters we’re suing,
the Episcopal Church too is a precious part of the Body of Christ.

]]> Comment on On the report of the Joint Standing Committee of the Primates to the Archbishop of Canterbury by Joshua http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/on-the-report-of-the-joint-standing-committee-of-the-primates-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury/#comment-1322 Joshua Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:17:30 +0000 http://upperscvii.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/on-the-report-of-the-joint-standing-committee-of-the-primates-to-the-archbishop-of-canterbury/#comment-1322 Bishop, why, why do you fight for the Episcopal Church? It is sinking, and you are bailing water from the Titanic. Bishop, why, why do you fight for the Episcopal Church? It is sinking, and you are bailing water from the Titanic.

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