tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post2023034033338549701..comments2023-12-24T20:48:11.634+00:00Comments on Opinionated Vicar: NEAC 2008David Keenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-3454692886351903552008-11-24T10:56:00.000+00:002008-11-24T10:56:00.000+00:00Well said David. Welcome to my world!! I just le...Well said David. Welcome to my world!! I just left a post on my own blog "who speaks for Evangelicals". I try to avoid these meetings as I end up entirely depressed, but I think I will, like you, make sure I am at the next one!Mark Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18241363240705188345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-25805730140415115212008-11-22T08:30:00.000+00:002008-11-22T08:30:00.000+00:00Hi JodyI'm thrilled that some evangelicals like yo...Hi Jody<BR/>I'm thrilled that some evangelicals like yourself are engaging with the politics, though I find it frustrating that there is so much of it. And it soon will be a local church issue for people like me if a large chunk of mission-minded evangelicals take their business elsewhere. <BR/><BR/>I dip in and out of the politics stuff, to be honest, but there seems to be so much of it David Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-62790383985564133412008-11-21T09:53:00.000+00:002008-11-21T09:53:00.000+00:00hey davidthanks for taking some interest, although...hey david<BR/><BR/>thanks for taking some interest, although not sure if it's a backhanded compliment ;-)<BR/><BR/>for my part, i reckon that some of us are called to the 'church politics' stuff and that's okay. i get a little bit frustrated about the sniffiness that sometimes i get at being involved. as rachel says these things aren't mutually exclusive. also i have seen first hand the resultJody Stowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534042687275254272noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-82826764427328757972008-11-20T08:52:00.000+00:002008-11-20T08:52:00.000+00:00Hi RachelThanks for stopping by - I was at St. Joh...Hi Rachel<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by - I was at St. Johns in the 1990s, so it's good to find someone blogging from there.David Keenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11872644403415655350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35594660.post-43073984182420895032008-11-19T18:38:00.000+00:002008-11-19T18:38:00.000+00:00Thanks for the mention - nice to meet you (in cybe...Thanks for the mention - nice to meet you (in cyber-space). You make some very good points about what we have to celebrate about the Anglican church - reasons for joy! <BR/><BR/>I think an interest in the politics doesn't mean you can't also be focused on mission. But you do raise an interesting question regarding perhaps the amount of energy people can misdirect on issues that are secondary to Rev R Marszalekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831340057673771787noreply@blogger.com