Number 23, August 2006

General Convention: Signs of Hope

by William Carroll

On the whole, I found the 2006 General Convention to be a profoundly hopeful event. . . .

Productive Waiting

By Katie Sherrod

. . . God knows women and our male allies working for change in our church have had to learn patient and productive waiting or go mad in the process. We have learned that productive waiting is as action-filled a process as it is a reflective one. It allows us time to think before we act, an increasing rarity in these days of instantaneous Internet hyperbole. . . .

A Statement of Conscience

We, the undersigned Bishops of this 75th General Convention, in the confidence of the Gospel and out of love for this great Church, must prayerfully dissent from the action of this Convention in Resolution B033 (on Election of Bishops). . . .

James Rowe Adams From Literal to Literary: The Essential Reference Book for Biblical Metaphors, Rising Star Press, in association with The Center for Progressive Christianity, 2005, paper, 352 pp. $22.95

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