{"id":975,"date":"2009-09-14T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2009-09-14T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-14T11:39:00","slug":"two-excellent-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=975","title":{"rendered":"Two excellent links&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Both from <a href=\"http:\/\/maggidawn.typepad.com\/maggidawn\/\">Maggi<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejourneysproject.com\/\">Some fascinating photographic interpretations of Jesus<\/a> and his teaching; and<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portsmouth.anglican.org\/bishop\/sermons_speeches\/sermons_and_speeches_2009\/presidential_address_to_diocesan_synod_june_09\/\">This talk<\/a> from +Kenneth Stevenson, which I found helpful, especially this:<br \/>&#8220;A bishop is a Prime Minister \u2013 because he is there to initiate and articulate policy, and to respond to what is going on; and that means listening carefully to colleagues and others, as he tries to engender an atmosphere of trust where creative things can happen, as well as challenge the system \u2013 and people \u2013 when necessary. A bishop, too, is a Monarch \u2013 someone who has to handle the symbolism and the language of public liturgy and occasion, a sign and embodiment of catholicity, and therefore at times a little distant from the particularities of the Church.  Then, a bishop has to act as Speaker \u2013 this is about ensuring fair play, like the other roles, not always easy or straightforward, especially in a culture where some are rather more ready than others to cast themselves in the role of oppressed minorities! And a bishop also has to be a scapegoat \u2013 someone who is the butt of frustration and sometimes aggression, and who gets blamed when things go wrong, sometimes with every justification. I knew all these roles as a parish priest, and I took them with me when I became a bishop, all too aware that one never gets them right.&#8221;<br \/><span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Both from Maggi: Some fascinating photographic interpretations of Jesus and his teaching; and This talk from +Kenneth Stevenson, which I found helpful, especially this:&#8220;A bishop is a Prime Minister \u2013 because he is there to initiate and articulate policy, and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=975\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12,10,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church","category-ministry","category-spirituality"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3npsc-fJ","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/975\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}