blessed are the peacemakers. |
doing a new thing in terms of its inclusion in terms of gay and lesbian people in the world and in the church. |
God and I have been about this for quite a while now and I would be really surprised if God were to want me to stop now. |
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I am writing to you from an alcohol treatment centre where on February 1, with the encouragement and support of my partner, daughters and colleagues, I checked myself in to deal with my increasing dependence on alcohol. |
I believe that the acceptance of gay and lesbian people into the life of the Church is something that is going to happen, |
I believe that the deputies here at the General Convention and the bishops -- both those who oppose my consent and those who support it -- are doing so in a very prayerful manner, ... I think they all live in a culture in which gay and lesbian folk are being more and more included all the time, but I think they are making this [decision] in the context of their own walk and journey with God. |
I hope that I will be invited. I hope all of the African bishops will be there, because I think that's the way forward. |
I think all of the grim predictions about some sort of schism are probably overstated, ... We certainly lost a few people when we ordained women, but there were great predictions that there would be a real worldwide split in the church, and indeed that's not come to pass. |
I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church. |
I understand that my election and consecration has caused problems around the communion and I'm trying to be as sensitive to that reality as I can. |
If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing. |
It's not about me. It's about not having to be ashamed. |
know our need of God. |
So the question is can we still live together and hold on to one another while we resolve this issue? |