new church life: november/december 2014
I feel for the women whose call to ministry is being invalidated; I feel for our
broken home.
In the wake of your announcement, I also feel for the clergy whose
motives are being questioned and whose character is under attack. I want to
express my faith that the clergy are good men, trying to remain in integrity
with their understanding of doctrine. I don’t believe that they (or the Bishops)
are intoxicated with power, or that there is a conscious desire to keep women
under the thumb of male XY\