tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post4058058371967694399..comments2023-09-21T08:53:42.554+01:00Comments on blethers: We've (not) done it!Christine McIntoshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14198224025775398453noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-79761506541439508782010-01-18T07:00:46.824+00:002010-01-18T07:00:46.824+00:00As an ecumenically open Baptist I gladly attended ...As an ecumenically open Baptist I gladly attended the ordination in Aberdeen of the first women priests of the SEC. I have several very good friends, men and women, who serve within your communion. Including a friend who is a member of Alison's congregation. Perhaps the relief of her congregation that she was not appointed tells us something important about the quality of her ministry. And yes, the call of God to spiritual service as Bishop is a high calling; but not higher than the service of the people of God in the local churches. As a Baptist you might think I would say that - but I do so as an acknowledgement, even an admission, that to be moved from the service of a congregation to another role, is in an important sense a vocational demotion :)jim Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15942153453907435828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-86780080740918689362010-01-17T15:22:55.205+00:002010-01-17T15:22:55.205+00:00I agree absolutely with Kennedy and Kenny. Some of...I agree absolutely with Kennedy and Kenny. Some of the media treatment of Alison's supposed 'failure' has been thoroughly distasteful.Eamonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09840933626905620913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-37012280107186603212010-01-17T09:25:54.724+00:002010-01-17T09:25:54.724+00:00Surely the aim in choosing a bishop, whether for G...Surely the aim in choosing a bishop, whether for Glasgow + Galloway or for Argyll and the Isles, is to choose the person that the Spirit has led you to believe is the best one for the job. Regardless of gender!! <br /><br />As members of the SEC our job now is to accept the person selected on our behalf and support him in his new role.Moragnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-73011668018563089882010-01-16T21:10:36.903+00:002010-01-16T21:10:36.903+00:00Sadly, it may be some years yet before electoral s...Sadly, it may be some years yet before electoral synods deem women to have enough parish experience to be a bishop. It's early days, and today's vote was absolutely nothing about gender.Fr Kennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825687159958396082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19191002.post-18225084600620434562010-01-16T19:19:55.634+00:002010-01-16T19:19:55.634+00:00I was disappointed that the Beeb focussed on the f...I was disappointed that the Beeb focussed on the fact that Alison had not been elected. However, that is what the story is/was. (The comment by R Piggot (BBC) that the liberal SEC might make the 'gesture' of appointing a woman was equally aggravating).<br />I am confident that if the Synod thought that Alison was the best person for the job they would have elected her, no matter what her gender.<br />The upside of all this was that the SEC got some good media exposure. The Primus was able to say something about how our church works and what our priorities are.<br /><br />KennedyUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01905416588336959521noreply@blogger.com