[Magdalen] South Carolina court case

[Ginga Wilder]

I don't usually visit that site, Roger, but I think it is a reasonable
thing for me to do.  I have it up and ready to read, but first I have to
slog through the decision to prepare for Friday's diocesan meeting.

Ginga

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On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> Ginga,
>
> Having visited a site I suspect you don't, that of those who still claim
> to be the Diocese of South Carolina, I can tell you that their official
> view seems to be "the Court got it wrong and have ignored proper
> precedent." As I have posted on Facebook I regard Bishop Skip's response to
> this long-awaited ruling to be more in accord with what I believe Christ
> would want than than is that of the opponents. I believe Bishop Skip is a
> good shepherd for you in this situation.
>
> Roger
>
>
> On 03/08/2017 00:33, Ginga Wilder wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Eleanor.  You are way ahead of me.  I just came here to post
>> the
>> pastoral letter from Bp Skip Adams.
>>
>> I am working my way through the decision in preparation for a meeting in
>> the diocese on Friday.
>>
>> It seems as if Roger had the goods....the decision on intellectual
>> property
>> will be decided by the case already in the Federal Court.  That simplifies
>> something that needs simplifying.
>>
>> The people on this list have helped me navigate this long journey from
>> radical shift in the diocese through discipline of Mark Lawrence into
>> schism and beyond to resurrection of a baby and growing new Episcopal
>> congregation in Summerville, SC.  I don't have words to describe my
>> gratitude.
>>
>> Here's what I'm feeling right now.  This is not a day of celebration. In
>> hearing of the SCSC decision today, I feel unbound like Lazarus was
>> unbound. I expect there will be appeals coming down the road.  So, we are
>> still bound but indeed with a bit more freedom.  I am thinking of how the
>> people on the other side of this decision are feeling.  I know their sense
>> of devastation.  We are called to reconcile and I pray that  will happen
>> as
>> we go forward, as the godawful wounds left by the schism heal.  We are all
>> called to unity in Christ.  Let it be so.
>>
>> Ginga
>>
>
>