[Magdalen] Worship leader

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Torah = Guidance, not Law.

I think that is a good way of looking at it.

James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Sep 7, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> On 07/09/2015 23:04, James Oppenheimer-Crawford wrote:
>
>> The diocese has a policy that the former assistant is not to be called to
>> be the rector.
>> And one church. which shall remain anonymous, just went ahead and did it
>> anyway. Twice.  Both made superb rectors  too.
>>
>
> I think there is wisdom in the principle of the policy in that raising up
> the assistant to be rector can be easy and unthreatening as the old order
> is continued.  Additionally you need extra gifts in the rector of a
> relatively large parish which are not necessarily found in the assistant.
>
> That said there can be sound reasons for such a preferment to provide
> continuity in a specific situation.  It happened at Holy Trinity Brompton
> in this country when Nicky Gumble became the incumbent, and it has also
> happened at the episcopal level.  Richard Chartres went from being a
> suffragan in the Diocese of London to being the diocesan bishop
> specifically to help provide continuity in a diocesan development plan when
> +David Hope was elevated to York.
>
> Roger
>