The you can check what Peter is doing at this blog.
we are currently dealing with receiving the St Michael Report, so I will try to give updates at appropriate times. keep us all in your prayers.
The resolution on the St Michael's Report (amended to include the phrase that SSB should not be communion dividing issue) passed before lunch. My guess is about a 75-25 split.
It's about 2 pm and we are getting ready to have a committee of the whole discussion of SSB. Interestingly, there was a motion to have a piece of the agenda moved up to today: a motion to mandate the Theological Commission to do more study. The motion was defeated. In the house of bishops, it appeared that all the Rupert's Land bishops voted in favour of the motion.
The instructions to house include:
- we have clear motions before us; they are not ambiguous
- we are being asked to calrify whether we approve or disapprove of SSB's
- it is time to address the issue in a clear way at the GS
AFter a bit of presentation by some Council of General Synod members, the floor is now open to free discussion.
The live webcast should be on the anglican.ca website as we proceed.
We ask you to keep us all in your prayers as the discussions continue...
4 p.m.-ish:
It often seems ot me that the same kinds of discusion have been continuing, but one speaker from the Dioc of Calgary got the the heart of one of the major issues: we have come to be a house divided on how we interpret Scripture.
Joe: Does Scripture exist to transform us, or do we exist to transform Scripture?
Not suggesting anything, just asking (but I need the answer before I can finish tomorrow's sermon...).
Posted by: Matt | June 23, 2007 at 03:39 PM