I love Babylon 5! I just can’t figure out how to join the Rangers.

I’m glad they appreciate you. They should. Have you mentioned your desire for more content in the sermons at a staff meeting or to the Rector directly? Might help. Sometimes Rectors don’t realize how much support they have when all they hear are complaints about being political.

Each Episcopal parish & rector has their own…quirks. In all of the discussions about Bishop Budde’s homily, one thing I haven’t heard addressed is speaking truth to power when the power is the people in the pews whose financial support pays the priest and the bills.

I’d think “do no be afraid” and calling disciples (the message of Sunday’s Gospel reading which is Luke 5:1-11) would be a great fit for this and everything else that’s going on right now but then I’m not a priest.

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Thanks for sharing this. I needed to hear someone else saying it, too.

We also need to take care not to fall into the same trap.

Ah, lovely. More attempts at personal insults.

I’m (re)reading If God Still Breathes, Why Can’t I? & one of Angela Parker’s Questions for Consideration is about reading Scripture & where in the story you body would be. Both your essay & Bishop Budde’s sermon have me contemplating that. I’m not sure I always like my answer.

This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing.

So the only opinions you want to hear are your own/those that agree with you and anyone saying anything else gets a personal attack. Got it. Reminds me of someone else 🤔 and I hope it doesn’t work for either of you. Have a nice day.

And that is the problem. Either everyone has a right or no one really does. I prefer the former. How about you?

We don’t protect the rights we hold dear by taking those exact rights away from others. The people who ban books, or in this case social media platforms, are rarely on the right side of history.