tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127977175298485373.post1164402124555193972..comments2023-10-01T08:40:34.503-07:00Comments on Episcopal Journey of Hope: The Final Resort: To Hope for HopeAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05776475116127746642noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127977175298485373.post-53177807740143153912013-10-11T21:14:14.968-07:002013-10-11T21:14:14.968-07:00I think Lisa nailed it. Lots of noise, no one is ...I think Lisa nailed it. Lots of noise, no one is listening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127977175298485373.post-15615556510446538372013-10-11T21:13:57.715-07:002013-10-11T21:13:57.715-07:00I think Lisa nailed it. Lots of noise, no one is ...I think Lisa nailed it. Lots of noise, no one is listening.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127977175298485373.post-9968933607800876692013-10-08T19:29:53.432-07:002013-10-08T19:29:53.432-07:00Ron, your blog is an apt description of the situat...Ron, your blog is an apt description of the situation in the church today. I, too, read the article printed in the Kansas City Star from Religion News Service titled “Service Without A Salary” which extolled the virtue of late-vocation, home-schooled, unpaid clergy. The secondary headline was “Clergy: A return to the original church.” If were are regressing to a modal of ministry from that era it is a sure sign of failure in our own time and nothing more than a veiled defeat by our leadership over the past 50 years of decline. Cut through all the hype of lay-empowerment and non-stipendiary clergy and what is left is a dying church. There are answers but this is not one of them.Goodthunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00553897011460147537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5127977175298485373.post-76301573859098220402013-10-08T07:19:43.375-07:002013-10-08T07:19:43.375-07:00Good article Ron. I believe that, like you, the l...Good article Ron. I believe that, like you, the last resort is belief in and dependence on God. While we bloggers cannot necessarily change the course of events in the church and the world, we can at least offer our opinions and encourage discussion during the gradual and pervasive decline in our church and national institutions. Thank you for your very personal thoughts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05776475116127746642noreply@blogger.com