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November 2008

A Paucity of Imagination

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— mariagwyn @ 6:08 pm
Sun
16 Nov 2008
By not allowing girls to serve in the alter with their brothers (in a position which itself did not exist for centuries of Christianity), by not ordaining gifted women to the diaconate (despite repeated calls to do so be ecclesial hierarchs), we impoverish the imagination of our people.  If we impoverish our imagination to such a degree that we cannot even imagine the joy of a young girl serving in the altar with her brother, to what else do we become blind?

“I can’t imagine women in the altar, as priests, deacons, alter servers….”  These are the words of a kind and thoughtful 91-year old man who has spent his whole life in the church, whose children

The Change we Seek

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— mariagwyn @ 11:23 am
Wed
05 Nov 2008
[quote=President-elect Barack Obama]This victory alone is not the change we seek; it is only the chance for us to make that change.

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That's the true genius of America, that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.[/quote]

There is really nothing I can add to the flurry of excellent commentary which has erupted on the internet since last night.