[Magdalen] He whose name must not be mentioned

[Kristin Rollins]

"Sanctified snowflakes" - When the author of the piece stoops to
name-calling in the very first sentence, it is difficult to take their
opinion as worthy of consideration. Sadly, it got even worse when I
followed the link to the full column.

That said, I have some concerns about the choice All Saints has made,
but this piece is a deliberately inflammatory "hit job" that does not
seek to inform, but to bully: to demean those with whom its author
disagrees.

For those who would like to hear what the parish is doing and why, I
point to two blog posts from their rector:
http://ascideas.org/2017/01/06/we-pray-for-our-leaders/ and
http://ascideas.org/2017/01/13/a-word-from-the-rector/

I will note that "This is a pastoral decision — and it is an interim
decision." I also note that there appear to be people with actual
qualifications for understanding and discerning trauma on the parish's
staff, so I have far more trust in their judgment than that of this
obviously-biased author.

Kristin

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  Kristin Rollins
  kristin at verumsolum.com
  Portsmouth, VA

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017, at 01:21 AM, Sibyl Smirl wrote:
> Of course, those of you who have such mentions filtered out of their 
> e-mails may not get this....
> 
> http://www.gopusa.com/?p=19318?omhide=true      
> 
> Parishioners at a California Episcopal church will no longer pray by 
> name for the president of the United States over fears the name “Donald 
> Trump” might trigger microaggressions among sanctified snowflakes.
> 
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> Mike Kinman, the rector of All Saints Church in Pasadena, broke the news 
> to the congregation in a blog posting that was filled with all sorts of 
> liturgical lunacy.
> 
> 
> 
> “If you come to All Saints this Sunday, you’ll notice that we have 
> removed the proper names from our prayers for those in authority. 
> Whereas before we prayed for ‘Barack, our president,’ we are now praying 
> for “our president, our president-elect, and all others in authority.” 
> This practice will continue for at least the near future,” he wrote.
> 
> Kinman went on to say the safety of the congregation could be 
> jeopardized by the mere mention of the president-elect’s name.
> 
> “We are in a unique situation in my lifetime where we have a president 
> elect whose name is literally a trauma trigger to some people – 
> particularly women and people who, because of his words and actions, he 
> represents an active danger to health and safety,” he wrote.
> 
> READ THE FULL STORY AT TODDSTARNES.COM!
> http://www.toddstarnes.com/column/church-wont-mention-trumps-name-in-prayers-fearing-microaggressions
> 
> What are your thoughts on “microagressions?”
> 
> Micro what?
> People have become way too sensitive about everything.
> People need a macro konk on the head to replace their microagressions.
> We should be more sensitive and try to understand people's feelings
> better.
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> Sibyl Smirl
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