Bishop Griswold is to be commended for his non-anxious presence at the helm of this great church. His was a consistent voice of confidence that we would find our way faithfully and courageously. For some diocesan bishops, the Lutheran agreement was the most significant news coming out of Denver. Bishop Larry Maze of Arkansas reported that he and ELCA's bishop in Arkansas and Oklahoma are already in discussion about how to implement the agreement. By contrast, others left Denver quite dissatisfied with the results.
Lutheran pastors are Catholic priests.
Co-habitation that is monogamous is good. The Boy Scouts are on notice. Bishops who don't ordain women will soon have regulatory commissions visit them, and the Executive Council will have Episcopal Women's Caucus and Integrity leaders as active members. I guess you could say there weren't too many Jubilee moments for some of us. The letter stated that Schofield would send a representative to an August meeting in Nassau between traditionalist American bishops and Anglican archbishops from other parts of the world who have been critical of developments in the American church.