It is no longer a matter for bishops only to ponder. Episcopalians of every order ought to have the opportunity to discuss the ideas behind it, although most of its proposals clearly will go nowhere without the cooperation and implementation of some bishops. Many Episcopalians feel terribly weighed down today. Congregations feel their identity threatened. Aspirants for seminary wonder if they will be blocked because of their beliefs.
Clergy feel alienated from peers in their diocese.
If he really be-lieves this is the situation Episcopalians find themselves in, he must make himself vulnerable to the risks that the Initiative entails. So must we all. The Jubilee Initiative clearly calls for a change of attitude among liberal and conservative Episcopalians. On the part of liberals, it involves the willingness to let the present formularies and liturgies stand and to allow conservatives to follow their sense of godly conscience. For conservatives, it means a willingness to live in a radically pluralistic church without continually acting and speaking defensively, but rather mobilizing congregations to spread the Gospel.