She’s So Good

My friend, BabyBlue, posted this nice little entry on the good vibes coming from the captain of the good ship TEC.  Make sure you watch both videos.  The first reminds me of the worship service atmosphere at General Convention.  The second, taken from the House of Bishops by BabyBlue, herself, shows the charitable manner in which dissent was dealt with.

From BabyBlue:

The Presiding Bishop: “General Convention was wonderful!”

Wonder if she attended the same one I did? From the Gazette Times:

GT: Last month you were at General Convention in Anaheim, Calif. How did it go?

Jefferts Schori: General Convention was wonderful! People were careful with each other, and respectful — it was a different convention (from the last one) in that sense. There was no animosity. People treated each other appropriately. We had so many visitors from around the Anglican Communion (the worldwide organization that includes the Episcopal Church and 37 other provinces) — 15 primates and a number of other bishops, and lay people too! We invited them to come see how we make decisions. A lot of them were surprised at the strength of our House of Deputies (one of two legislative houses of General Convention, made up of clergy and lay people; the other is the House of Bishops). In many places, the bishops tell everyone how things are going to be, so we were delighted that people came and saw the way we work.

And lay people too! Oh, the spin makes me dizzy.

And just in case we forget how it really was: