Late one night 20 years ago, when I was an oil executive rather than an Anglican bishop, I had run out of steam and patience toward the end of a complex multinational acquisition. We came to yet another bit of box ticking and I suggested we skip it, because we knew the material was accurate.
“Justin,” our wise investment-bank director said quietly, “you know that’s not how we do it.”
Under pressure, everyone is prone to make bad decisions and that story remains in my mind as I sit on the U.K.’s Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards, listening to people talk about banks, bankers and their failures.
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Posted January 17, 2013 at 7:00 am
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2. sophy0075 wrote:
Maybe, but I am hoping the new Archbishop will focus on theology and Christianity, and support the traditional values of each, rather than do the “millennium development goals” religion. January 17, 1:39 pm | [comment link] |
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3. Jeremy Bonner wrote:
Sophy, It doesn’t have to be either/or; there’s a perfectly orthodox tradition of social Christianity in Anglicanism and beyond it. The Global South understand that. http://catholicandreformed.blogspot.com January 17, 2:21 pm | [comment link] |
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4. sophy0075 wrote:
Jeremy, Oh, I agree. I am a firm believer that God instructed us in Genesis to protect the environment, but I am so tired of (arch)bishops who have turned the church solely into a platform for social, political, and environmental causes. Frankly, the latter opens the door for many folks who want to be social, political, or environmental activists to say, “why should I go to church? I can join/be active in the Sierra Club/Kiwanis/etc and sleep late or play golf on Sunday.” January 17, 3:56 pm | [comment link] |
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