[Magdalen] What The Rev. Ginny Wilder wrote on Facebook

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Our rector preached on it, and basically came out first with the point that
this meeting has absolutely no authority to attempt to order what it has
attempted to order. Yet, of course, we will be open to discussions, as has
been the case all along.

We have discussed this thing til we are all blue in the face, and I presume
we'll continue to do so.

We have no control over the fact that those other departments of
Anglicanism are in countries that are hopelessly poisoned with
anti-homosexual fear and hatred, nor can we control the deadly force of
Islam breathing down their necks on a daily basis.  All we can do is
continue to do what's right as God gives us to discern what is right.

An aside of his sermon mentioned that at that meeting of those "august"
leaders, their own countrymen were there to accuse them of dropping the
ball very badly in terms of treating their gay brothers and sisters in
accordance with Christian decency. Not a word about those folks.

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 Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 8:23 PM, Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Very fine!.
>
> How I wish that our Primate or my own Diocesan clutch of Archbishop and 4
> Area Bishops could have said something heartening in the wake of Thursday
> and Friday's pronouncements by others.
>
> At a meeting yesterday, our Archbishop gave a very careful response to a
> priest's question about what he was to say to his people today, including a
> history lesson to explain that this is but a relatively recent hiccup in
> the long sweep of church history.  My take on that was 'say little or
> nothing'.   The Archb. may say something this coming week, as may our
> Primate.  Our P-I-C asked if I had followed the news  and I responded "Had
> I?!?!?!"  He, not surprisingly, thought it best to say nothing, end of
> conversation.
>
> Marion, a pilgrim
>
>
> On 1/17/2016 7:48 PM, Ginga Wilder wrote:
>
>> I love my daughter.
>> Ginga
>>
>> Ginny wrote:
>> Tomorrow morning I'm going to get up like I usually do. Eat breakfast and
>> pray- like I usually do on Sundays. I'm going to feed my dogs, let them
>> have a comfort break, check my email, take a shower, get dressed. I'm
>> going
>> to put on a black shirt and snap on a white collar- like I do most days
>> but
>> especially on Sundays. Then, no matter what the primates think about it,
>> I'm going to kiss my wife goodbye, walk out the door, drive to the church
>> I
>> serve, listen to the scriptures, preach the gospel, pray for all of God's
>> children nearby and across the globe, confess and ask for forgiveness,
>> extend to everyone present the peace of the Lord, share in an ancient and
>> mystical meal, and then I am going to go in peace to love and serve the
>> Lord. Nothing changes tomorrow except...
>> I have never been prouder to be an Episcopalian and I have never felt more
>> humbled by the call God put in my heart a long, long time ago. So
>> decisions
>> made across the pond will not affect how we do church here and how I serve
>> here and how I am blown away by the souls who show up to listen, pray,
>> sing
>> and eat- here.
>>
>>
>