Readers Responses on the Lambeth Conference
Episcopal News Service. July 17, 2008 [071708-07]
The July 17 readers' responses relating to the Lambeth Conference follow.
ENGLAND: I am not coming to Lambeth to protest, New Hampshire Bishop Robinson says
Joan Falls, Sarasota, Florida
Gene Robinson talks from both sides of his mouth. He professed that he will not protest, but already had started reactional rioting during his visitation as an uninvited guest before the "Lambeth Counsel" even officially began.
Readers Responses on the Lambeth Conference
Jim Runyon, Hickory, North Carolina
The left wing of TEC is quite effective at distorting issues. Three come to mind: (1) I have found very few Anglicans/Episcopalians who have said we should not welcome gays (or anyone) into the Church ... after all, Jesus lived among the sinners of his time. What they always leave out is Jesus' command of "go and sin no more." Until TEC comes out and says homosexual behavior is not sin (at their peril membership-wise), their position makes no sense and their attacks on more conservative members is distorted. (2) Attacks are made on conservatives and others related to their views on immigration ... once again, the word "illegal" is conveniently ignored; America is made up of immigrants but not illegal ones ... what separates our country from many others is the rule of law. (3) I'm not sure if TEC considers abortion a sin but it is interesting in their justice crusades that you never, or rarely, see anything pertaining to justice for the unborn, the most vulnerable among us. But all this is consistent with the distortions of the godless left in the country as a whole, and it has now infected TEC.
Lambeth Conference commences in Canterbury amid high expectations
Mary Anne Ramer, New York, New York
I was struck (sorrowfully) by the fact that the only bishop quoted in this article who retreated to the small mind of legalism and "dictates" was Keith Ackerman of Quincy, Illinois. It is so sad to see educated, favored, indeed blessed members of the Anglican Communion retreat to these less-than-Christian defenses against the holy tide of diversity, inclusion and the ever-widening grace of the Holy Spirit.
I also applaud Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori's call to all of us to maintain "soft hearts" as we go through Lambeth and its aftermath.
ENGLAND: I am not coming to Lambeth to protest, New Hampshire Bishop Robinson says
David Harris, Aurora, Ontario
Great story: great subject, great content and great writer. This is what it all comes down to.
Interview with the Presiding Bishop on the Lambeth Conference
Bishop Theodore A. Daniels, Austin, Texas
Please be assured of our prayers for you, our bishops and the Anglican Communion as you gather for the Lambeth Conference. I pray God's Love will continue to lead each of us to repentance and reconciliation so that by the grace of God, God can renew us in Christ; continue to transform us into vessels empowered to accomplish God's 'Christlike Mission' in the world, and in particular in the context in which we live and move and have our being.
Lambeth Conference commences in Canterbury amid high expectations
Bo Regiser, Macclenny, Florida
Jerry Lamb ain't even provisional bishop of San Joaquin. The post is vacant at best, more accurately removed to the southern cone.
"Put aside their rhetoric'? From the 'three option Jerry'? How quaint.
If y'all don't get the 'divisive issues' settled, there won't be an Anglican Communion. The Heretics will have the ECUSA and CofE, The real Anglicans will carry on without the ABC (a loss) and those in the pews will be diminished by arrogant boys and girls who care not a wit for Holy Scripture, the Creeds, or the Faith.