In case anyone is under the impression that things are going to change under the new leader, Parker sets us straight by assuring us that “We need to think differently and behave differently.” Newspeak for thinking and behaving as we’ve done for years.
As a friend used to say when I worked at IBM and the management changed: “Same circus, different clowns”.
From here:
In a follow-up interview with the Journal, Parker added that he planned, as primate, to continue down the route of change set up by the listening process that brought forth the transformational commitments and the primate’s commission’s pathways—the set of recommendations calling for dramatic change in the church.
“A lot of people make the mistake of thinking that it is strategic or operational change when in fact it’s cultural change” that’s needed in the church now, he said. “We need to think differently and behave differently.” The rest of this week’s meeting of General Synod (running June 23-June 29) will determine the shape that change takes, he said.
In case you have any doubt:
Parker has spoken out publicly in support of LGBT people before, including as a signatory to the Global Interfaith Commission on LGBT+ Lives 2020 declaration, Declaring the Sanctity of Life and Dignity of All. In a 2023 letter Parker commended the commission and its work to his diocese amid what he described as an alarming increase in hateful words, actions and political posturing against LGBT people. “Not everyone or every parish in our diocese participates in Pride events, but each of us are called to participate in making a safe, loving space for 2SLGBTQI+ people, and to build meaningful connections with one another,” he said.
Does he even know what 2SLGBTQI+ people actually are? Does anyone?
Bollocks .
I live just outside the Diocese of Ottawa. All one has to do is ask what ‘transformational change’ Parker has brought to the Diocese in his last five years as Bishop. The answer is – NONE! The Diocese continues to decline faster than most other Diocese in Canada…and that’s saying something. In a recent five year period, their average Sunday attendance dropped over 60%.
While this election wreaks of ‘politics’, it may well precipitate a more rapid demise for the ACoC than previously predicted.
“Declaring the Sanctity of Life and Dignity of All”
While killing unborn children and putting the elderly and infirm to death at the hands of medical practitioners.