Further developments in the Grace Church Colorado Springs saga.
If ever a church needed a strong leader, it was Grace & St. Stephen's Episcopal Church.
The congregation had been exiled from its home in the majestic stone structure on North Tejon Street, after a conservative faction that broke away from the Episcopal Diocese of Colorado remained in the building.
On Oct. 5, 2007, the diocese tapped the Rev. Michael O'Donnell to be priest in charge of a church that had no permanent home. His Episcopalian flock found a temporary place to hold services, first at Shove Chapel on the Colorado College campus, and then at First Christian Church downtown.
Everything seemed to be going fine, and then, without warning, O'Donnell resigned in October.
There's nothing sinister going on. O'Donnell told me he wants to try something else, though he's not sure what that might be.
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A social conservative, O'Donnell learned a lot leading a predominantly liberal Episcopal parish.
"It's easy to love people who are like you, but not so easy to love those who are against what you hold dear," O'Donnell said. "That would have derailed me before in a relationship. But I learned that different views are actually a good thing."
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