The lamp is dimming, and the light may be going out of the Episcopal Church

Today's Verse - Psalm 119:105 (NIV):
Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.

This well known psalm verse praises God for his guidance. God truly lights up the path that we walk on. It shows us where to go, both day and night.

Today's Comments: According to Proverbs 6:23, God's commands are the lamp, His teaching is the light, and His corrections are the way to life. If we take the analogy further, God's commands are found in scripture, and His teaching is found in the Gospels. Therefore, it will be interesting to find out what corrections that God will bring to the Episcopal Church after their current actions, as reported in the Los Angeles Times of August 2:

Episcopal Church leaders in Los Angeles today nominated an openly gay priest and an openly lesbian priest as bishops, becoming one of the first dioceses in the national church to test a controversial new policy that lifted a de facto ban on gays and lesbians in the ordained hierarchy.

The nominations of the Rev. John L. Kirkley of San Francisco and the Rev. Canon Mary Douglas Glasspool of a Baltimore-based diocese are likely to further inflame theological conservatives in the U.S. church and their global partners in the Anglican Communion, who have repeatedly warned about the repercussions of such action.

This action on their part could also have serious repercussions with respect to my own parish, Blessed Sacrament, because, although we are under the alternative oversight by the conservative Bishop of Northern Indian, Ed Little, we are still administratively attached to the Diocese of Los Angeles. We have already lost several professors who teach at Biola University out of their fear of retribution by other teachers at Biola and Talbot who do not understand our relationships. And, as I look back on the recent convention and this news article, it is obvious to me that the lamp and light that God has provided to us in scripture is being ignored by the Episcopal Church, and our way to life is being seriously impaired by those in the Episcopal Church who we have appointed to guide us.