Bishop Baxter's Pastoral Reflection

Bishop Baxter has written a Pastoral Reflection on the recently concluded House of Bishops meeting. In it he says, in part:

“Our Episcopal Church is on a journey. That journey has not changed. However, we are also a body---a diverse body---and we are equally committed to making every honest effort to make the journey together. This is not a matter of civil or political justice; this is a matter of Christian faith and conviction. Sometimes traveling as a body means slowing down the pace, in the hope that all can make the journey. Everyone is important in this Church, including those who do not agree with the timing or present direction of our journey. The end of Christian justice is community, and that takes patience, sacrifice, and respectful conversation as well as prophetic courage."

You can read the entire reflection here.

The November issue of Tidings will include an interview with Bishop Baxter about this month’s House of Bishops meeting and his first year as our Bishop. Do you have questions you’d like to ask Bishop Baxter? You can do so by replying to this blog post. We’ll pass them along and try to print as many of them as we can in Tidings. Many thanks!