tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10440952.post7526629622841213535..comments2023-12-27T14:54:22.671-08:00Comments on The Kew Continuum: Call and VocationRichard Kewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10917359509462320976noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10440952.post-25089225366578467192007-06-11T04:00:00.000-07:002007-06-11T04:00:00.000-07:00We look forward to having you here :) very encour...We look forward to having you here :) very encouraged to see you are a blogger!Tifferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716617099651325037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10440952.post-77263022710332395382007-04-11T06:19:00.000-07:002007-04-11T06:19:00.000-07:00Living, as I do, in Ottawa, Ontario, where we are ...Living, as I do, in Ottawa, Ontario, where we are experiencing a cold, wet and snowy spring, I looked at all of that *green* in the picture of Ridley Hall, and thought "ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh". <BR/><BR/>Completely irrelevent to the topic at hand, of course.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10440952.post-22585303879428323102007-04-10T16:36:00.000-07:002007-04-10T16:36:00.000-07:00Revealing my identity will not reverse the consequ...Revealing my identity will not reverse the consequences of choices we have made.<BR/><BR/>In reality, if anything I wrote in anonymity rings true, the end result is the same regardless; we are both left with more choices about what, if anything, we do with the information at hand. <BR/><BR/>If anonymity somehow places a different value on something, I can only wonder why that would be? And it makes me want to continue in obscurity all the more. <BR/><BR/>We all use our belief systems to justify our actions in one way or the other, so I will just say I am willing to continue being one of no reputation.<BR/><BR/>It would appear though, that perhaps you left the "church" once to stay in the Episcopal "church". I hope it was not the case. Perhaps you might consider a new, non commenting blog entry sharing your hindsight/insight on the matter.<BR/><BR/>Whatever the case, I am thankful for God's love and mercy freely given to each of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10440952.post-64130768883439339472007-04-10T14:06:00.000-07:002007-04-10T14:06:00.000-07:00While I understand the criticism being expressed h...While I understand the criticism being expressed here, it is extremely hard to respond to it (and there are responses) when the person writing hides behind the veil of anonymity.Richard Kewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10917359509462320976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10440952.post-82855140417641420322007-04-10T11:18:00.000-07:002007-04-10T11:18:00.000-07:00I do not enjoy crticism (who does?), but as I read...I do not enjoy crticism (who does?), but as I read this blog I remember when you said you would continue to be a pastor to your previous congregation. I also remember how you did not follow through on your word in that instance. <BR/><BR/>That church closed in less than 6 months after you left, while you promised your continued involvement and pastoring to the entire congregation but disappeared as if you were never there.<BR/><BR/>Would you call the way you left your previous congregation a calling to something? or a walk away from something?<BR/><BR/>I believe some of the difficulties individual members faced from the previous church you were pastoring needed you to honor that commitment, or at the very least actively facilitate their needs being met. Perhaps they now need seeking out and healing before your departure to Britian. <BR/><BR/>I wondered why your creedal belief and ecclesiology allow you to proclaim you will continue to be involved in the Tennessee Diocese, while at the same time you made a public commitment to your former congregation and did not honor it.<BR/><BR/>I wish you God's will as you carry out an important role in your new vocation. For the most part I have respected your leadership and pastoral heart. I see a healing work that requires humility on your part with your former congregation for not keeping your word to them. And since they are no longer a congregation, it appears it would have to be a one-on-one adventure.<BR/><BR/>Often it seems it is easier for us to attribute consequences of choices we make to God's will, or God's opening and closing of doors, as if this somehow abdicates us from the responsibility of choices we make.<BR/><BR/>I hope you see these comments as a calling to something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com