tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539879796456184267.post9156450937242174884..comments2023-03-27T03:54:44.891-06:00Comments on Desert Petrichor: Wandering Part 3Clara Englishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03017447286733998233noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539879796456184267.post-30424057326975945502011-11-05T06:39:26.150-06:002011-11-05T06:39:26.150-06:00My knowledge of the Episcopal church is from readi...My knowledge of the Episcopal church is from reading the Mitford series. The main character is an episcopalian priest. I love those books and have thought well of that church b/c of them. I am so glad you have found a church home:)SJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13232788179484506081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539879796456184267.post-60420130546954281262011-11-02T16:10:05.939-06:002011-11-02T16:10:05.939-06:00I am thrilled that you found a church home. I know...I am thrilled that you found a church home. I know what it's like to be freed from fundamentalism and find a church that teaches the BIBLE as the only doctrine. . .Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11365133589510969591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539879796456184267.post-91561830336779251792011-10-28T19:34:59.710-06:002011-10-28T19:34:59.710-06:00I'm still pretty fussy about some basics of do...I'm still pretty fussy about some basics of doctrine that should be uniform. But it seems that in the Episcopal church, they don't make relatively unimportant things into doctrine.Clara Englishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03017447286733998233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539879796456184267.post-91317367330852307922011-10-27T12:18:12.878-06:002011-10-27T12:18:12.878-06:00So happy for you guys! I've been impressed wit...So happy for you guys! I've been impressed with the little I've learned about the Episcopalian church. I love this excerpt from my local Episcopalian church's "What we believe" section:<br />"11. Uniformity of beliefs and disciplines is stifling. Our differences disclose the variety of gifts the Spirit gives. We will have different perceptions about what friendship with God requires of us. So we don't tell each other what to do or make judgments about each other. We do try to be supportive of each other. We try to be 'a church in which there are no outcasts' as our former Presiding Bishop puts it. We struggle hard to overcome those fears which keep us from being fully inclusive. God is not through with us yet...26. There is not very much here [insert controversial issue] about which we agree that we believe about this... except that God loves us all more than we can imagine! If you can get your head, or better yet, your heart around that, you may like being with us."<br />-ErikaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2539879796456184267.post-59448941829208039782011-10-27T12:02:09.255-06:002011-10-27T12:02:09.255-06:00Okay, sold! Just looked up the nearest Episcopalia...Okay, sold! Just looked up the nearest Episcopalian Church to us--and guess what? It's just .4 miles away! Sure hope to make a visit this weekend. They have three morning services! I need the kind of experiences you are having now. God bless you!Anne Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00654123220945138443noreply@blogger.com