jwaneeta

I just recently discovered that my minister is married; I had no idea. She seemed unmarried, and I'm surprised to realise that I mean by that unfettered and undimmed. I don't know when she married, though, and it may have been after she left the Catholic church.

The Bishop publically censured her, and imposed a penance to be performed before she could receive communion again. It made national news. That's our bishop here.

If it's not possible to influence the debate from within, and if this is the appalling reaction to dissent, then, wow. I see the problem. Whatever do you do?

Um, re: walking wounded, I didn't mean you! I meant, well, feathers braided into blonde male dreadlocks on a 45 year old man. Okay, so I have a low tolerance for fashion statements. But I've also met lots of sane Quakers. Very sane. And I loved the silent meetings. They vary from one place to the next but if you've got a silent one locally, that's my favourite.

Let me know how it goes/went? I didn't make it to church again this morning. I think I need to talk to my husband about going for his run on SATURDAY, so that I can get to church on Sunday even if I can't get my act together to get the children washed and fed and out the door too. Oh, and dressed. Though the whole point is the children,or most of it.