Of God we ask one favour...

Of God we ask one favour,

That we may be forgiven –

For what, he is presumed to know –

The Crime, from us, is hidden –

Immured the whole of Life

Within a magic Prison

We reprimand the Happiness

That too competes with Heaven.

Emily Dickinson

Methodists Deny Baptismal Promises

The General Conference of the United Methodist Church has chosen not to include all of the Baptized in its most recent decision this week. The Episcopal Church is not alone in its struggle to include all of the Baptized and to allow the fulfillment of those promises.

Here is a video clip of a portion of the General Conference, held every four years, that speaks to the grief and sadness of members of this church, to the exclusion of all the Baptized in its ministry. The "clip" is about 20 minutes long but worth every second. We are not alone in this struggle to include all the Baptized in the complete ministry of the Church.

I wish to acknowledge my source for the video as being that of The Rev Elizabeth Kaeton of "Telling Secrets", her blog that originated at our last Episcopal Church USA convention in 2006 to journal and report the happenings there in Cleveland, Ohio.

Catherine