General Convention: Signs of Hope
On the whole, I found the 2006 General Convention to be a profoundly hopeful event. . . .
Number 23, August 2006Get this entire issue in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format ArticlesGeneral Convention: Signs of HopeOn the whole, I found the 2006 General Convention to be a profoundly hopeful event. . . . Productive Waiting. . . God knows women and our male allies working for change in our church have had to learn patient and productive waiting or go mad in the process. We have learned that productive waiting is as action-filled a process as it is a reflective one. It allows us time to think before we act, an increasing rarity in these days of instantaneous Internet hyperbole. . . . A Statement of ConscienceWe, the undersigned Bishops of this 75th General Convention, in the confidence of the Gospel and out of love for this great Church, must prayerfully dissent from the action of this Convention in Resolution B033 (on Election of Bishops). . . . Reviews |