tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.comments2024-02-01T21:23:07.249-05:00Fun'n'games in the Kingdom of GodAndrew Gernshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10915827125794387657noreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-44323013738106458962023-04-04T11:06:48.809-04:002023-04-04T11:06:48.809-04:00Reading this sermon brings insight and reassurance...Reading this sermon brings insight and reassurance - God is with us in the suffering. But hearing this sermon helps bring to light how evil works and why God - the author of love - allows evil to exist. It will help me explain that to others. Thank you!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14955206848817029588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-30406893092078015442022-01-04T19:15:59.350-05:002022-01-04T19:15:59.350-05:00It sounds like a shock, that you and your colleagu...It sounds like a shock, that you and your colleague learned about the insurrection right after such an uplifting service. In this post, you've processed a lot related to your own and your family's engagement in civic life, and I think it's helpful to me and likely to others in processing their own reactions to the memory of this event. I hadn't considered the intersection with TMiddletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00921003472033804739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-10774314747245580092022-01-04T19:14:34.763-05:002022-01-04T19:14:34.763-05:00Act(s) of grace and an act of will indeed. Thank y...Act(s) of grace and an act of will indeed. Thank you Andrew. Deirdrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106311465508277283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-36894107960674979652021-09-19T10:11:55.818-04:002021-09-19T10:11:55.818-04:00Certainly enjoyed your sermon from afar - not once...Certainly enjoyed your sermon from afar - not once but twice. Thank you for warming our hearts through Jesus Christ. Amen Connie Miskov<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16779564195702043648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-52013248725403784112021-08-16T23:37:06.487-04:002021-08-16T23:37:06.487-04:00What a great message. Very insightful.What a great message. Very insightful.Susie 220https://www.blogger.com/profile/00883190543568986787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-40974074275354593732019-08-22T10:18:09.481-04:002019-08-22T10:18:09.481-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05125887198455136588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-15064370553271330742019-08-21T23:02:35.758-04:002019-08-21T23:02:35.758-04:00I’m so saddened that you and your faith community ...I’m so saddened that you and your faith community were not able to be there and provide pastoral care. It is a moment of grace made more so by that pastoral care. When my father was in his final weeks of life, we contacted his parish, his priest asking for pastoral care, visitation, communion for my deeply religious, faithful father who was very active in his parish until the very end. Crickets RayArcariohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08703336914417367133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-52547427137192342282018-04-25T14:20:03.502-04:002018-04-25T14:20:03.502-04:00Canon Andrew, thank you!!! What an absolutely mar...Canon Andrew, thank you!!! What an absolutely marvelous homily to have been offered on such a propitious occasion.<br /><br />JohnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13142824837810057295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-42398298856193350642018-04-21T06:51:38.593-04:002018-04-21T06:51:38.593-04:00In your usual well written and accessible manner y...In your usual well written and accessible manner you have given us a well told tale. What you did not cover sufficiently in my view was your own caring leadership, especially in the earlier days of this transition. You were in perpetual motion checking in with everyone, seeking advice (and opinion), sharing ifeas, amd being our diocesan cheerleader, as in , “We can do this.” And you were right. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12617716717617960288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-2220224403437809152018-04-20T13:26:11.231-04:002018-04-20T13:26:11.231-04:00Thank you, Andy. Excellent reporting and accurate...Thank you, Andy. Excellent reporting and accurate summary of the context and the outcomes. Hopefully, your sharing will stimulate others to do likewise. Nothing succeeds like success. CharlesAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14052275254844044786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-73986510975239250022017-11-02T09:58:59.864-04:002017-11-02T09:58:59.864-04:00Well done dear Canon! I'll second the motion ...Well done dear Canon! I'll second the motion for a lesser Triduum!!<br /><br />JohnAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13142824837810057295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-52625913037033607602016-09-21T06:02:11.969-04:002016-09-21T06:02:11.969-04:00Thanks for this Andrew! Fell upon it (ok, led to ...Thanks for this Andrew! Fell upon it (ok, led to it by God) at a perfect time. I'm preparing to facilitate a Bible study at the jail on delighting in God's commands. I'll steal (and attribute 😀) some of your ideas, especially the robot car. Thx!<br />Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16694720542364051670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-69217878845735110972016-09-21T05:58:29.843-04:002016-09-21T05:58:29.843-04:00Thanks for this Andrew! Very timely since I'm...Thanks for this Andrew! Very timely since I'm facilitating a Bible study at the jail this week on delighting in God's commands. I'll steal (but attribute 😀) some of your ideas about robot cars. Thx!<br /><br />ReneeReneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16694720542364051670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-65392760972426784162015-12-09T13:25:46.640-05:002015-12-09T13:25:46.640-05:00Turns out Professor Google's Archive held on t...Turns out Professor Google's Archive held on to it:-<br />http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:62kHLq36XA0J:www.oxford.anglican.org/ten-tips-for-a-man-friendly-christmas-eve-service/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=usDusty_DCMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03480788616672452755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-27602882374890126852015-07-15T19:26:24.445-04:002015-07-15T19:26:24.445-04:00Thank you, Andrew -- this provided a real "ah...Thank you, Andrew -- this provided a real "ah ha" moment for a priest (me) who has been shifting gears from Systems Theory for a while now. The light came on, and I am grateful. God bless you for these insights. Beth Hoffmann, Priest in Charge, St. Augustine of Canterbury, Navarre, FLAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10816416169505086756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-8405238265703521352015-01-15T09:58:31.288-05:002015-01-15T09:58:31.288-05:00Dear Tall Blonde: Not only am I interested in the ...Dear Tall Blonde: Not only am I interested in the right questions, but I am also interested in having the kind of community in our congregations where we support recovering addicts in safe, substantive ways. I don't know if anyone every challenged Bishop Cook to stay with the program or sought to help her get back into/stay in/take part in her treatment. And we need to do this whatever the Andrew Gernshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10915827125794387657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-21538870795618941612015-01-15T09:54:49.824-05:002015-01-15T09:54:49.824-05:00Dear The Rev. Anonymous: Thank you for your commen...Dear The Rev. Anonymous: Thank you for your comment and for the clarification. <br /><br />Andrew Gernshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10915827125794387657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-12244043640254637262015-01-14T17:16:52.882-05:002015-01-14T17:16:52.882-05:00Even if she hadn't been elected Bishop Suffrag...Even if she hadn't been elected Bishop Suffragan she could have driven drunken and killed a bicyclist. But hopefully the points here (about this death being avoidable) were suggesting that she would have been sober if the right questions had been asked?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-9436945447480732792015-01-14T11:44:32.686-05:002015-01-14T11:44:32.686-05:00This is thoughtful post. I agree that abstinence f...This is thoughtful post. I agree that abstinence from all substances is really the "ground floor" of recovery, and but a beginning. But I strongly disagree, as an alcoholic in recovery, with this statement: "The question is not whether the person is in treatment or even if they have stopped drinking." <br /><br />Not drinking is only a beginning, but it is absolutely essentialAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483592107430118462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-49335951971295964632015-01-14T11:44:04.911-05:002015-01-14T11:44:04.911-05:00This is thoughtful post. I agree that abstinence f...This is thoughtful post. I agree that abstinence from all substances is really the "ground floor" of recovery, and but a beginning. But I strongly disagree, as an alcoholic in recovery, with this statement: "The question is not whether the person is in treatment or even if they have stopped drinking." <br /><br />Not drinking is only a beginning, but it is absolutely essentialAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483592107430118462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-25944897722162119972015-01-14T11:43:46.563-05:002015-01-14T11:43:46.563-05:00This is thoughtful post. I agree that abstinence f...This is thoughtful post. I agree that abstinence from all substances is really the "ground floor" of recovery, and but a beginning. But I strongly disagree, as an alcoholic in recovery, with this statement: "The question is not whether the person is in treatment or even if they have stopped drinking." <br /><br />Not drinking is only a beginning, but it is absolutely essentialAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483592107430118462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-69513301556742525712014-11-25T09:34:51.636-05:002014-11-25T09:34:51.636-05:00Amen.Amen.The Rev. Torey Lightcaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11575889913001493762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-22653507015727779562014-11-18T17:47:11.815-05:002014-11-18T17:47:11.815-05:00It's important to note that the Port St. Lucie...It's important to note that the Port St. Lucie Statement (conscience clause) was adopted at a House of Bishops meeting and never adopted by General Convention. It also, as you mentioned, was never extended to those who objected to bishops' hiding behind it, or using it as a sword to silence opposition to their refusal to ordain women or allow women ordained in other dioceses to function Katie Sherrodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09159503802660122104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-88510028147539946122014-11-18T09:42:46.706-05:002014-11-18T09:42:46.706-05:00I remember all too well the carried hat. Old white...I remember all too well the carried hat. Old white male privilege will fight to the death to preserve itself and it has almost destroyed the CofE. Dumb.PseudoPiskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070541512355253553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12384117.post-73830503290054368652014-10-31T15:59:59.058-04:002014-10-31T15:59:59.058-04:00I don't know how I will feel when actually fac...I don't know how I will feel when actually facing death but I hope I feel like I do now. Relieved that it is over. For now. For many years my idea of heaven was a vacuum. Nothing. Now I suspect this is not all there is. I don't care. When it is time, it's time. And I'm not good at grieving. At all. So I stay away from those who are.PseudoPiskiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12070541512355253553noreply@blogger.com