tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24438442.post1805178436731574401..comments2023-05-07T02:33:28.149-07:00Comments on Come to the Table...: Catching UpCatherinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04267544451078638468noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24438442.post-86308089342533344072007-05-09T23:53:00.000-07:002007-05-09T23:53:00.000-07:00Thank you for this, Catherine, very much. The "liv...Thank you for this, Catherine, very much. The "living proof of Christ's endless and unequivocal love and grace" is what drew me back to the Anglican Church, and it is what keeps me here no matter what. In the UK where I live it would be all too easy to feel that this stuff is not so much a gnat as the distant sound of a gnat - and yet the pain you still must feel in the ECUSA is our pain too, for we are all one in Christ Jesus, and our prayers are with you, always.Mike Farleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06732248182662167951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24438442.post-89066036102751376232007-05-09T22:03:00.000-07:002007-05-09T22:03:00.000-07:00Dearest Mags, thank you for your warm welcome back...Dearest Mags, thank you for your warm welcome back. I am happy to be back too. I can appreciate your experience very much and thank you for sharing it. <BR/> <BR/>Yes it is a dark mark on the faith when there are those who care not for the honor due Christ but seek vainglory for themselves. And to think it will not be over until He comes again. At least we can try our hardest in the meantime to fulfull His mission and spread the love and grace He died to bring to us.Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04267544451078638468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24438442.post-61853082840526694832007-05-09T21:35:00.000-07:002007-05-09T21:35:00.000-07:00Your last paragraph goes to the heart of why I am ...Your last paragraph goes to the heart of why I am a Presbyterian Catherine. And yes, I know we have our problems-- serious ones. But I came from the Roman Catholic church, and left it heartsick over the shenanigans of men who believed they spoke for God. <BR/><BR/>In 1997 I was working as a Director of Christian Education in a Presby Church. In January of '98 we ordained the new class of officers for the year, elders and deacons, and for the first time, I heard the first ordination vow that is taken by all PCUSA officers-- including Ministers of Word and Sacrament.<BR/><BR/>"Do you trust in Jesus Christ your Savior, acknowledge him Lord of all and Head of the Church, and through him, believe in one God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit?"<BR/><BR/>I sat in my pew, thinking "Yes! YES!" I practically pumped my arm in glee. I had found the ecclesiology I was looking for.<BR/><BR/>It is good to have you back. You were missed. I hope the time was rich with reflection and peace.<BR/><BR/>MagsMagdalene6127https://www.blogger.com/profile/11036211735489393308noreply@blogger.com