| Why
Be An Episcopalian/Anglican?
Send
your reasons, serious or tongue-in-cheek, to lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu,
to be included in Dr. Louie Crew’s online collection of:
365+ Reasons for Becoming an Anglican/Episcopalian--
or At Least for Checking Us Out
When
the list reaches 365, Dr. Crew (whose website is one of
the most extensive online resources for information about
the Episcopal Church) will ask his "judges" to
identify the best entry, and he will contribute $100 to
Episcopal Relief and Development in that author's name.
He
suggests, "In thinking of your 'reasons,' try to focus
on what draws you and others to this church. Enjoy the exercise!
Tell others about it…
The
Episcopal Church is a secret too well kept. Many are starved
for what we experience daily and too easily take for granted.
Invite others to come to your parish to experience this
joy."
Here
are a few of the reasons already submitted. (Most recent
additions appear at the beginning of the list.)
1. Because it's not Baptist. -- Mary Tuel, shipoftuels@hotmail.com
2. Q: How many taps are there on an Episcopalian bath? A:
Three --hot, cold, and strangely warm. -- Sudie Blanchard,
sudieb@maine.rr.com
4. I became an Episcopalian because it was not club meetings
with music, like other main-line denominations. -- The Rev.
Maureen Lewis, saintd@itis.com
5. I became an Episcopalian because it was a denomination
that challenged me to be the best Christian I could be,
rather than a saccharine, feel-good place. -- The Rev. Maureen
Lewis, saintd@itis.com
6. I love Anglicanism for its basic humanity, for its sense
of decency and order, for its freedom of thought and its
insistence on the corpus of faith, 'those things necessary
unto salvation,' for its tradition and for the women and
men of faith who have been lights in their several generations
in whose company we worship. I love it for its quirkiness,
for its untidiness, for its comprehension and for its ability
to receive new things, accept, alter or jettison them, while
being always merely and astoundingly the Church. -- The
Rev. Tony Clavier, frtony@dakota.net
7. The liturgical beauty of the Catholics combined with
the local authority of the Southern Baptists. -- Cindy McLeod,
Cmcleod1127@aol.com
11. Because ambiguity is good for you....sometimes. -- Scott
Estes, sestes@qx.net
12. It's okay to cross yourself, your fingers, or your knees.
– Diana Smith, dianas@mindspring.com
13. We welcome the faithful, the seeker, and the doubter.
– Diana Smith, dianas@mindspring.com
15. Hearts and Lives transformed. Brains left intact. --
Shari DeSilva,
godspagan@yahoo.com
27. Where God is with you, not against you. -- Lori Allen,
lorinda.allen@verizon.net
28. Where all may, some should, and none must. -- Lori Allen
lorinda.allen@verizon.net
29. Where God's unconditional love for all of us is celebrated
every day. -- Senator Marge Kilkelly kilkelly@wiscasset.net
35. ...when Anglicanism is at its best, its liturgy, its
poetry, its music and its life can create a world of wonder
in which it is very easy to fall in love with God. -- Urban
T. Holmes III
36. This is the only church that is as lovingly loony as
your family. --
Mary L. Lyons MaryLyonsNow@aol.com
73. We don't have all the answers, and welcome others who
love the questions. -- The Rev. Willie Allen-Faiella, Revwaf@aol.com
Got
the idea? Read the ongoing list at: http://newark.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/365plus.html
and send your own message to lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu
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