Replya to Phil Turner

http://www.stephenswitness.com/2007/08/reply-to-philip-turner.html

[Stephen's Witness] 04 Aug 2007--Thank you for responding to my "Open Letter to the Network Bishops and Common Cause Partners Regarding the Future of Anglicanism in North America" (posted on this blog). with an Open Letter of your own to me (posted at http://www.anglicancommunioninstitute.com/). I have ever valued openness of theological exchange and wish to keep dialogue alive among genuine partners, even when it leads to different recommended courses of action.

You and I are both senior priests and theologians of the Episcopal Church with experience of the wider Anglican Communion. That grants us a certain standing to be heard, but obviously not as the voice of God. I agree with you that at the end of the day discerning God’s will is our common aim and prayer. But it is also the case, to paraphrase Abraham Lincoln, that the prayers of all cannot not be equally answered.