A very busy Presiding Bishop

The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church is not letting any grass grow under her feet. She's a keynote speaker at a number of conferences, all of which will give her a chance to speak about our faith in Jesus to the leaders of this nation.

The Episcopal News Service has the details:

Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori will address topics of faith in three conferences in October: Fortune's "Most Powerful Women Annual Summit"; an interreligious panel with the Dalai Lama at Emory University; and Maria Shriver's Annual "The Women's Conference," according to a press release from the Episcopal Churc's public affairs office.

Didn't people warn us that the Episcopal Church was going to be marginalized if we embraced social justice and the inclusion of all of God's creation into a redeemed and reconciled relationship with their Creator? Doesn't seem to be slowing the P.B. down very much, or marginalizing her voice does it?

Posted by Nicholas Knisely on September 11, 2010 6:00 PM | |
Comments (1)

I'm very proud of our PB. As a progressive fella, I'm also proud that I see her comments and related stories on places like Huffington Post. It brings a measured, reasoned voice to a strange time in our public discourse.

I do worry sometimes about the future of progressive Christianity, being that the most irrational and brashest voices seem to get the most attention. The fallout is that more and more "reasonable" folks think religion isn't worth the trouble. ++Katherine is at least is helping to stem the tide of those kinds of exits.

It might just be my own internal wishful thinking of late, but I can't help but wonder if the media fiasco of the last week (related to the Koran Burning), in concert with some of the more wacky expressions of the Tea Party movement isn't finally reminding the general populace of the danger of letting extreme voices establish the tone and agenda of the public discourse. Could there be a better time than now for the Episcopal Church and its ethos of via media to help shape the public discourse?

Anyway, I digress. I'm glad she is our Presiding Bishop and pray sincerely every week in our liturgy that she is sustained and even finding joy in her work. She knows this isn't a sprint, but a marathon. Go Katherine!

Posted by Tim Sean [TypeKey Profile Page] | September 11, 2010 7:54 PM

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