From Catholic Online:

The announcement on Monday, March 30 that The Rev. Dr. Katherine Ragsdale was appointed as the sixth and newest president of Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) in Cambridge, MA, has orthodox and pro-life Episcopalians shaking their heads. 

the EDS website also has a link to Rev. Ragsdale’s sermon blog. There, the first sermon is entitled, “Our Work is Not Done.” An excerpt follows:

“When a woman wants a child but can’t afford one because she hasn’t the education necessary for a sustainable job, or access to health care, or day care, or adequate food, it is the abysmal priorities of our nation, the lack of social supports, the absence of justice that are the tragedies; the abortion is a blessing.

“And when a woman becomes pregnant within a loving, supportive, respectful relationship; has every option open to her; decides she does not wish to bear a child; and has access to a safe, affordable abortion – there is not a tragedy in sight -- only blessing. The ability to enjoy God’s good gift of sexuality without compromising one’s education, life’s work, or ability to put to use God’s gifts and call is simply blessing.

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Carol   |2009-04-02 09:56:46 How absurd! "The ability to enjoy God’s good gift of sexuality without compromising" Sounds like a lot of compromising going on here. Being a "Rev. Dr." I'd like to see what Biblical bases she stands on here.

laika   |2009-04-02 12:08:14 dang. i post a story suggesting that there might be limits to what the Episcopal Church will tolerate and Entity blasts it right down :-( ah, well, wacky ECUSA stories is like shooting fish in a barrel...

emperorbma   |2009-04-02 15:10:17 lol.

JRB   |2009-04-03 02:56:31 I feel for ya bro. Really I do. I'm almost in the same boat with you now. I decided to join a nice little Anglo-Catholic parish here. Until I explained that the diocese of Fort Worth is not actually in the Episcopal church anymore, the family was staring at me like I had three heads.

emperorbma   |2009-04-03 08:25:52 ... yeah, and now I feel bad about my previous post. *kicks self*

OrionBlastar  - Abortion was not meant to be used as birth control   |2009-04-02 12:45:45 originally it was meant to be used to save the mother if the birth had a medical issue that would kill both the mother and the baby. You had to sacrifice the baby to save the mother, or both would die naturally. If a woman is poor and in a sexually active straight relationship with a man, they need to use birth control or figure out her period and when she can conceive and avoid having sex then and have sex when she cannot conceive. Condoms are only 95% effective and can easily break, so be careful with them. As an alternative to abortion is adoption, carry the baby to full term and then give it up for adoption if you cannot afford to raise it. There are many couples both straight and homosexual who cannot have children who would love to adopt the baby as their own. Don't be so selfish that you only think of yourself and not God, or other people.

MakaDad   |2009-04-02 19:00:27 Kind of off topic for the article, but the article makes me think about things like this: Sometimes I look at people like this, who consider themselves committed Christians but have beliefs so far off the mainstream, and I wonder what is there in my faith (or our collective faith) that might be a conviction of mine but is totally out to lunch with God's intent? Many of our basic assumptions and language and concepts about God are very different from even a few hundred years ago ("Personal relationship with Jesus", anyone?) and yet we're fish that can't see the water. What's a "given" for me that would have been alien to my ancestors? What is mine and not God's? How much of what I believe would be as crazy to the original disciples as this lady is to us? (Again, I'm not trying to say anything about abortion... just waxing philosophical. )

laika   |2009-04-03 09:56:33 MakaDad wrote: What's a "given" for me that would have been alien to my ancestors? more cowbell?

Entity   |2009-04-03 08:54:18 The bumper sticker claims "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament." How long before the Episcopal Church makes it one?

WebbedFeetOfClay   |2009-04-03 14:54:53 this is painful for me to say (or discuss for that matter) but the via media stuff isn't complete B.S. and there is some degree of moderation in ECUSA. EDS has long had a reputation within ECUSA for being a bit cookoo (from the testimony of several graduates.) They are far from representative of the ECUSA as a whole. This womans comments should be understood within that context. (though that said, technically speaking the articles of religion hold to a two sacrament formula and thereby there's no risk of any such additional sacrament in a technical sense. Article 25:"...There are two Sacraments ordained of Christ our Lord in the Gospel, that is to say, Baptism, and the Supper of the Lord. Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and Extreme Unction, are not to be counted for Sacraments of the Gospel, being such as have grown partly of the corrupt following of the Apostles, partly are states of life allowed in the Scriptures; but yet have not like nature of Sacraments with Baptism, and the Lord's Supper, for that they have not any visible sign or ceremony ordained of God...."

patronpeter   |2009-04-03 17:18:50 Quote: The ability to enjoy God’s good gift of sexuality without compromising one’s education, life’s work, or ability to put to use God’s gifts and call is simply blessing. wow, that sounds alot cheaper than using birth control.

PinocchiosFurniture  - I Dunno   |2009-04-04 23:56:45 I dunno. Entity said: Quote: "The bumper sticker claims "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament." How long before the Episcopal Church makes it one?" Gay Roman Catholic Priests and Popes have been having their time and way with the Sacraments for centuries... Why not allow the Episcopalian gays their day in the sun?

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