Herb Berl
Bonjour Tout Le Monde – Happy Bastille Day!
I must tell you that I am so impressed by my fellow deputies.
Bob Strimer shepherded our diocesan resolution “Health Care Coverage for all” through the legislative process. Our resolution was approved by both the House of Bishops and the House.
Lynn Schmissrauter, as chair of the Committee on Consecration of Bishops, displayed compassion add the patience of Job as she led the HOB through the displayed compassion end the patience of Job through the complex circumstances surrounding the selection of the person to be Bishop of the Diocese of Ecuador Central. The candidate was given consent by the HOD. Ecuador Central has been without its own elected bishop since 2005.
Today, the House of Deputies (HOD) two lay persons and two priests to serve as judges for the Court for a Trial of a Bishop. This is the first time in the history of The Episcopal Church that someone other than a bishop can preside at a trial of a bishop. The two elected priests are from the Diocese of Washington. Francis Wade is the chaplain of the House of Deputies this year. His daily mediations have been thought provoking and graceful.
Yesterday, I testified before the Stewardship and Development Committee. I shared with them the parable of Hannah and the Fireflies which I will be happy to share with you when I see you at the post-convention meetings which will be held later this summer.