Good morning...may I suggest a small contest for those on our ping list..to post nominations for the "absolutely dumbest" statement to come out of CG2006..
Has anyone noticed yet the water is washing over the quarterdeck?
Okay, my nominations for today: how 'bout Frank's hedgehog comment this morning taking Clement of Alexandria out of context:
“Most people,” he wrote, “are enclosed in their mortal bodies like a snail in its shell, curled up in their obsessions after the manner of hedgehogs. They form their notion of God’s blessedness taking themselves for a model.”Or how about this:
It has been said that unawareness is the root of all evil. Think about it: what crimes are committed and disordered actions condoned because people like ourselves hold on tenaciously to their partial truths and refuse to expand their limited understandings.Classic Griswoldian. And yet another Grizzy-speak:
Love is never an abstraction. Love is expressed in action and webs of relationships. Therefore, I find myself reflecting upon our General Convention and these days in Columbus as an opportunity for God's love to break loose among us and find expression not only in what we decide but in how we receive and listen to one another. This is an opportunity for us to experience together once again that the truth we seek is larger than any one point of view. The unfathomable riches of Christ who is the truth exceed our capacity to comprehend them in all their fullness. Over time more and more is revealed by the Spirit who draws from Christ's truth and makes it known to us.