[Magdalen] PB

[Roger Stokes]

On 28/06/2015 12:43, Ginga Wilder wrote:
> Bp Curry is authentically charismatic...in the best sense of that word.  He
> draws people, inspires people and oozes the good news.  He is also an
> evangelist is the best and original sense of that word. He is a man of deep
> joy and faith.  I believe TEC will thrive under his leadership.  I am so
> thankful he was elected Presiding Bishop.

If he is an authentic charismatic then I pray he will continue toi 
preach and lead as the Spirit that blows where it will gives him 
utterance.  Thirty-plus years ago I was in a diocese where the suffragan 
bishop was renowned for having one sermon in tw3o versions - one for 
confirmations and the other for the installation of new clergy.  That 
was until a parish priest (guilty as charged m'lud) wrote to him and 
said his normal sermon was not appropriate for the candidates at the 
forthcoming confirmation.

The point was taken, or at least the sermon was different, but if a 
bishop's sermons become a diocesan joke something is wrong.  The 
preacher and the leader need to relate (as far as they can) to the 
situation they are addressing.  That situation evolves and so their 
response needs to evolve - as has the view of the Supreme Court in a 
couple of recent judgements.

Roger