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Bishops in the Episcopal church are obliged to visit each of their parishes once every few years, and this past week was our church’s turn to get a Sunday morning of Bp. Rob O’Neill’s time — appropriate, as it is Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, it was the day for readings about the Good Shepherd, Psalm 23, etc.<\/p>\n

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Bp. Rob’s an interesting guy. He walked into the job here about five and a half years ago (I was privileged to be one of the voting delegates from our parish), just in time for the fall-out from the 2003 General Convention (where New Hampshire’s election of a bishop who happened to be openly gay was confirmed) to hit the ground, coupled with other brouhaha within the diocese, from the big brouhaha at our church<\/a> to the whole Don Armstrong thang, as well as national and international turmoil. <\/p>\n

But for someone who keep being portrayed by the conservatives in the Episcopal Church and splinters thereof as Teh Evil Running-Dog Liberal Lackey and Button Man of That<\/u> Woman<\/em> (our Presiding Bishop, Katharine Jefferts-Schori), Rob doesn’t come off as some wild-eyed lunatic or cunning madman or disingenuous tearer down of all that is right and holy in favor of rudderless libertinism. Instead, he taught<\/em>. He engaged the congregation both during his sermon and in an hour-long session afterward, talking about the challenges in our own lives to follow the path of service down which Christ … well, shepherds <\/em>us.<\/p>\n

It was a good Sunday experience, meaning it’s one that I can take out beyond Sunday. There have been times when I’ve wished for a more visible leader as bishop, someone actively confronting injustice and wrong, but whenever I get a chance to meet or listen to him, it’s a reminder that there’s more than one way to lead.<\/p>\n

(His sermon’s not online, but some of Bp. Rob’s other writings are here<\/a>.)<\/small> <\/p>\n

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Ironically, it’s forty (!!!) years ago today that I received First Communion, at St Joseph’s Catholic Church in Pomona, CA. I remember the date because I got a St Christopher medallion as a gift, and the date was engraved on the back.<\/p>\n

What a long, strange journey it’s been, faithwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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