"I'm not sure it is a stalemate," she said. "I think this church and others may just be becoming clearer about who they are."
"I believe we only know the fullness of God's truth at the end of time," she said. "And in the meantime, we have to be careful about being so sure that we understand it all."
"I think there are many in our church who feel beleaguered, and often they don't hear from other parts of the church that they, too, are beloved," the bishop said during the conversation with diocesan leaders in the sanctuary of St. Stephen's in the Field Church. "If we can ratchet it down a little, we may find a way to live together even if we don't agree.
And, for good measure, one from one of Madam's friends:
"She speaks from a very deep place," said Valerie Valle, a priest from Arroyo Grande near San Luis Obispo. "She listens to everything that's said, then goes deep."
Very, very deep. If you must have more, take a gander as the Los Angeles Times plants a full-on-the-mouth, sloppy wet kiss on on Mrs. Schori or spare yourself that excruciation by reading David Trimble's crisp and excellent summation on his blog, Still on Patrol. I advise the latter.
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