tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634436676431388916.post3449163889608254164..comments2023-06-09T09:04:48.116-04:00Comments on Lord, open thou our lips: Sustainable Future?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09607139004376162759noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634436676431388916.post-88118685586167642892012-05-31T20:03:39.201-04:002012-05-31T20:03:39.201-04:00My past: Raised in the Southern Baptist Church, sp...My past: Raised in the Southern Baptist Church, spent most of my adult life in the United Methodist Church. After seeking for many years, I was confirmed in the Roman Catholic Church 4 years ago.<br /><br />In the past six months I have discovered that in my heart I am Orthodox, but I am neither Greek or Russian, so in my weekly worship I'm now happily found at the Episcopal Church. It is where God has led me. It has been a circuitous route, but I am happy to be home.<br /><br />After this long journey, I can only hope and pray that the Episcopal experience does not veer off the path, but remains the only other true place I have found to worship (not just attend a service and be entertained). <br /><br />Please be not discouraged, I know I am not the only one in need of a true worship experience where all are welcome to The Table, not just the average soul like me.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15180604498242771865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5634436676431388916.post-21090242350447148912012-05-30T13:53:30.767-04:002012-05-30T13:53:30.767-04:00Ok, I have to respond to this with a little bit of...Ok, I have to respond to this with a little bit of anxiety-lessening. <br /><br />We cannot control what happens in the Communion. We cannot control what happens in TEC.<br /><br />We cannot control what happens even in one parish. But we can help foster growth, change and lay ministry in a parish. We can improve its quality of life, we can leave it a better place than we found it. And, we can make a living improving the church that we love. That's a good thing.<br /><br />Whether or not the great existential crisis of Christianity is real or not (And I would argue that it is not.) Those things are beyond our control. No one is bigger than his or her parish. Focus on that, local, expression of Christian community.<br /><br /><br />Or, put another way by Christ, via the King James: "Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."Dominic Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15260952516878408663noreply@blogger.com