[Magdalen] Fwd: A Letter from Presiding Bishop Michael Curry to the Diocese of Virginia

[ME Michaud]

A good question.

The church used to attract these people in droves.
Competent, measured, educated, clear-headed.
They are much thinner on the ground these days, and for lots of reasons.
And remedial education seems to be only partially effective.
Makes me think of the parable of the house built on sand.
-M

On Thursday, August 9, 2018, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thinking systemically.  Is it possible to call a short-term (2 years)
> provisional or interim bishop who is well trained in dysfunctional
> systems?  Is it possible that the Dio of VA is too large and needs to be
> divided?  (I realize that is an off the wall question.)  I am not sure the
> diocese needs to 'find whose fault' this is as much as it is to speak the
> truth about what is actually going on and do the necessary family therapy
> to find a healthy system within which to function.
>
> I may well be wrong in all that above but from the systems' perspective, it
> seems something is amiss that needs to be dealt with.
>
> Ginga
>
> On Thu, Aug 9, 2018 at 9:46 AM Roger Stokes via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > On 09/08/2018 14:11, cady soukup wrote:
> > > DioVA - provisional bishop search - questions for new bishop
> candidates?
> > >
> > > What questions would you like to ask the provisional bishop candidates?
> > >
> > > Just received an email asking exactly that, responses due by Aug 13
> > > (Monday!). I am just back from vacation - NOT up-to-speed - so asking
> > > for assistance.
>