The Presiding Bishop’s sermon at the Diocese of South Dakota Niobrara Convocation

Posted by Kendall Harmon

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Filed under: * Anglican - Episcopal • Episcopal Church (TEC) • Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori • TEC Diocesan Conventions/Diocesan Councils • * Christian Life / Church Life • Parish Ministry • Ministry of the Ordained • Preaching / Homiletics

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Posted June 21, 2012 at 5:46 am [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Archer_of_the_Forest wrote:

Though the Niobrara Convocation is run in conjunction with the Diocese of South Dakota, the Convocation was actually held for the first time this year on the north side of Standing Rock Reservation, which is in North Dakota.

FYI…the south side of Standing Rock Reservation is geographically the size of Connecticut.

June 21, 8:39 am | [comment link]
2. Archer_of_the_Forest wrote:

As to the sermon, it is a Sacred Circle, not a sacred hoop.

FYI…Wakan Tankan is the Lakota name for the great spirit. It basically means Grandfather.

June 21, 8:44 am | [comment link]
3. driver8 wrote:

Didn’t the Diocese attempt to shut down a bunch of Lakota congregations a year or two ago?

June 21, 5:20 pm | [comment link]
4. Archer_of_the_Forest wrote:

The previous Bishop, himself a Lakota ironically, did attempt to shut down several of the parish buildings on the Reservations that were virtually vacant and unattended. The current bishop, to his great credit, has put a stop to that.

June 21, 5:34 pm | [comment link]
5. Pigeon wrote:

Wakan tankan, bind us together in fruitfulness, to be peace in abundance for all our relations.

What a load of nonsense.  Is there anything more embarrassing than the spectacle of the Presiding Bishop invoking a pagan deity at a supposedly Christian gathering?  I have to imagine that even (especially?) the Native Americans in attendance were rolling their eyes at this line.

June 22, 1:37 pm | [comment link]
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