The General Convention of the Episcopal Church affects me in a similar way that our liturgy does. Both are at once a celebration of who we are, of our life and labor together, of shared ministry and mission; but they are also imaginative speculations as to what we might become, or perhaps more rightly said, [...]
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California Dreamin’
Posted in The Rev. Jim Flowers on July 29, 2009 |
Of what’s going to happen
Posted in The Rev. Jim Flowers, tagged DO25, human sexuality on July 13, 2009 |
It is clear that once again the issue around which the General Convention’s energy is centered is the issue of human sexuality. Some would ask, “why don’t we get about the mission of the church, and get past matters pertaining to sex?” There is a part of me that agrees, but we will not as [...]
Of Polity and Poetry
Posted in The Rev. Jim Flowers on July 8, 2009 |
I feel like I’ve been in Anaheim a week, but I’ve only been here just three days. It’s been that busy: Legislative committee meetings, deputy orientation, countless briefings. It’s all been a little disorienting. Just stepping off the plane into forty five per cent humidity makes me feel like I’ve landed on another planet (I’m [...]
Of Prayer and Polity
Posted in The Rev. Jim Flowers, tagged The Rev. Jim Flowers on July 1, 2009 |
In a few days Katharine and I leave for Anaheim California where we will attend the seventy-sixth General Convention of the Episcopal Church. I am one of four clerical deputies representing the Diocese of the Central Gulf Coast in the House of Deputies. Even though the Episcopal Church is relatively small compared to other denominations, [...]
