{"id":683,"date":"2009-01-01T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-01T09:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=683"},"modified":"2009-01-01T01:58:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-01T09:58:00","slug":"looking-ahead-what-are-the-options","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.gajunkie.com\/?p=683","title":{"rendered":"Looking Ahead:  What Are The Options?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To close out the year, and look ahead to the next, here is a great look at the options available in our controversies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Dave Walker, in a way that only he can with pen and paper, has graphically and concisely set out the options in our controversies.&nbsp; You can find his current post on the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/blog_post.asp?id=68402\">Church Times blog<\/a> which has a link to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/blog_post.asp?id=56873\">full cartoon<\/a> from last May.&nbsp; The current post and the look back are occasioned by a new report on how to resolve that particular controversy.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things I find when writing this blog is that our Presbyterian controversies are variations on a theme.&nbsp; In many cases the arguments and logic follow very similar lines, you just fill in a different point of contention depending on the Presbyterian branch you are referring to.&nbsp; While Dave is addressing a controversy in the Church of England that is not particularly Presbyterian, women bishops, the three options he illustrates still fit our debates.&nbsp; And while Dave doesn&#8217;t present any specifically new options, it is fascinating to me how universal the basic framework of our possible solutions are.<\/p>\n<p>So enjoy Dave&#8217;s work.&nbsp; Dave, thanks for your contributions.<\/p>\n<p>And to all, a Happy New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To close out the year, and look ahead to the next, here is a great look at the options available in our controversies&#8230; Dave Walker, in a way that only [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26,79,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary","category-humor","category-polity"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Looking Ahead: What Are The Options? 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