[Magdalen] GTS

[Lynn Ronkainen]

After reading both letters (from the dean and then from a faculty member), 
it sounds like "the Cain Mutiny" with its missing strawberries scandal, only 
much more serious, disturbing and sad.

Lynn, in prayer for GTS a place that has always been a community I loved to 
visit and be a part of every year for a day or two.

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck

Thomas Merton writes, “People may spend their whole lives climbing the 
ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is 
leaning against the wrong wall.”

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From: "Eleanor Braun" <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2014 7:26 PM
To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] GTS

> More here-- resignations?  firings?  It sounds out of control.
>
> http://www.episcopalcafe.com/lead/seminaries/eight_gts_faculty_terminated.html
>
>
> Eleanor
>
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 6:35 PM, Roger Stokes 
> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>> wrote:
>
>> On 29/09/2014 20:55, Eleanor Braun wrote:
>>
>>> Andrew Gerns' post in Daily Episcopalian may explain some of it:
>>>
>>> http://www.episcopalcafe.com/daily/seminaries/leadership_
>>> community_and_the_c.php
>>>
>>>
>> My quick response to that is to wonder to what extent the Dean and
>> President's style is preparing students for effective ministry out there 
>> in
>> the Church.  I am one who has had conflict in my ministry as I have 
>> sought
>> to lead when my leadership has been opposed.  In my case my vision has 
>> been
>> vindicated in each parish I have served, but there have been bloody 
>> battles
>> on the way.
>>
>> I am far from convinced that the Dean drawing all power to himself is a
>> wise strategy.  It certainly seems far from what I see as the appropriate
>> model for the Church today.  Only this evening I was talking with my 
>> Rural
>> Dean about another parish where the priest seems to be following that 
>> model
>> and I am to go in and discuss the situation with the wardens.  That could
>> be an "interesting" conversation but I will not flinch from it as I have
>> nothing to lose and no need for any ongoing relationship with them.
>>
>> That said, a healthy Church, parish or seminary is one where the gifts of
>> all members are valued and no individual is the dictator.
>>
>> Roger
>>