General Convention–Days Four through Six
Hold your opinions lightly Listening Hearts Discernment Guideline Hold your opinions lightly….well, that is easy to do when the opinion is in an area of your life that isn’t too important. Most nights, Scott, Alma and I make a visit after dinner
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All who exalt themselves will be humbled, and all who humble themselves will be exalted Matthew 23:12 Worship at General Convention takes places each morning at 9:30. We gather in a large hotel ballroom that has been transformed into a church with banners, an organ, brass, choirs and altar. We often have a guest preacher
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On earth as it is in heaven…. July 4th marked the opening general session of the House of Deputies and the House of Bishops. We were treated to opening addresses by the Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori and the President of the House of Deputies, Bonnie Anderson. We all gathered in the
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I call you friends…. Early Monday morning, as the car turned west on 1-70 and we headed to Indianapolis and the General Convention of the Episcopal Church, I began to wonder: What sort of convention might this be? I was traveling with two veterans of all things Episcopal–Scott Bellows (Rector of St. David’s, Roland Park)
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Watch this space on July 3, 2012 for daily General Convention dairy entries!
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