[Magdalen] In South Carolina, it ain't over yet

[Lynn Ronkainen]

I ponder where/how  'God's will' is discerned by the likes of +L ... and how 
the difference is weighed by 'my will be done' ....
Lynn


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From: "Ginga Wilder" <gingawilder at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2017 1:41 PM
To: "Magdalen" <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] In South Carolina, it ain't over yet

> Jay, I get it.  I am gullible, an idealist, and blindly hopeful...until
> those hopes are dashed.  I was so angry with myself last week when I
> actually believed that the Lawrence church would let stand the SCSC
> decision not to rehear the case.  How stupid I was/am...Most Episcopalians
> in SC are worn out with all this.  I don't give a hoot about the property.
> We're doing a pretty good job of being the church without any buildings.
> Most of us do not want that property...how on earth could we afford it.  I
> do know that TEC and TECSC have some important protocols to be specified 
> in
> the courts.  Whew!
>
> Ginga
>
> On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Roger Stokes 
> <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
>> wrote:
>
>> On 25/11/2017 18:46, ME Michaud wrote:
>>
>>> We remember:
>>> wasn’t Mark Lawrence’s election affirmed by the HOB?
>>> We can’t look away, we can’t walk away,
>>> we all share responsibility for this situation.
>>>
>>
>> The consents came at the second attempt. The first time Lawrence was
>> elected there were insufficient consents from Bishops with jurisdiction 
>> and
>> from Standing Committees within the prescribed time-limit. As a result 
>> that
>> election lapsed as being unconfirmed. There then followed a second
>> "election" with the powers that be in the then diocese having such a
>> curtailed period for nominations that it was not possible for those who
>> opposed Lawrence to put forward a rival candidate so he was elected
>> unopposed. Faced with that determination by the diocese, and I believe
>> Lawrence was saying at the time that he would not take the diocese out of
>> TEC, the requisite consents were given as there seemed to be no 
>> alternative.
>>
>> Roger
>>