[Magdalen] What is your church doing about Trump?

[Grace Cangialosi]

I had to laugh at your comment about going to jail!  I'm planning to go to DC for the Women's March on the 21st, and I've been thinking about the 60's and some of those anti war demonstrations. (Our son went to his first one in a back carrier when he was 10 months old.)

Anyway, your comment reminded me of a comment Gordon Cosby made when he was in his 80's. There was some kind of demonstration at the Capitol, I think, and he said he thought it was about time he did his part and got arrested!  And that's what happened...

> On Dec 31, 2016, at 12:47 AM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I think the response of our Bishop, Andie Dietsche, was very good.  He
> pointed out sinful behavior and spelled out that being a Christian
> precludes certain behaviors, demands certain behaviors, and a lot of this
> is not subject to debate.
> 
> https://www.dioceseny.org/we-pray-bishop-dietsche-writes-in-a-letter-to-the-diocese-that-god-grace-mr-trump-with-the-wisdom-and-courage-to-rise-to-the-high-calling-of-his-office-as-we-will-also-pray-that-he-be-imbu/
> 
> or:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/zs8rmam
> 
> There's an upside to everything. Those of us who missed out on the sixties
> will get to go to jail.
> 
> 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 Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 6:16 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
>> Although a strong majority of our parishioners voted for Clinton, there are
>> some Trump supporters.
>> 
>> Our leadership doesn't want to offend and drive away the Tumpettes.
>> Instead we are going to have two Sunday forums of conversation about how we
>> feel.
>> 
>> I ran across something done by St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle...a
>> Statement of Commitment and Action.
>> http://www.saintmarks.org/serve/volunteer/governance/
>> renewing-our-covenant/
>> 
>> What's going on in your church?  Any structured conversation?  Radio
>> silence?  Preaching?  What do you think should be done?
>> 
>> Eleanor
>>