RE: [HoB/D] communication of the non-baptized??

[Louie Crew [mailto:lcrew@andromeda.rutgers.edu]]

Jesus did not say to the thief on the next cross: "You in my father's
kingdom?! Do you believe in some kind of cheap grace? Get real. Now repeat
after me, very slowly and clearly, 'I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
maker of Heaven and .....'  Then go get baptized and come back and try
again."

I once asked contributors to vote on their favorite reason in my collection
365+ REASONS TO BE AN EPISCOPALIAN
(http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew/365plus.html.   The first runner-up was
the entry by Phillip Dana Wilson+:

        "Where the only requirement at Communion is that you be hungry!"

Read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest.

Redeemer in Morristown, NJ, where Phillip is rector includes that welcome in
its service leaflets.  Redeemer is one of the most vibrant parishes in our
diocese.

I regret that Morehouse did not include Phillip's reason in its reduction
101 REASONS TO BE AN EPISCOPALIAN -- the best seller of all Morehouse books
at GC 2003.   (All profits go directly to ERD.)

Tom VanCulin wrote the most popular reason, so identified at the website
above.   Check it out.

Do send me your own reasons for being an Episcopalian, so that I can
consider them for inclusion in the collection, now at 514 reasons and
growing.   Ask people at your coffee hour to tell their reasons.

Enthusiasm is contagious!  The Episcopal Church is a secret too well kept!
Go tell it on the mountain, in parks and in lanes and at tea!

Louie

Louie Crew, 377 S. Harrison St., 12d, East Orange, NJ 07018.  973-395-1068
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~lcrew