tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781727046490408959.post613106977409190014..comments2024-01-01T00:17:06.193-05:00Comments on Three Rivers Episcopal: Pittsburgh: Episcopal diocese rejects Buddhist bishopJim Simonshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06889838893337097340noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3781727046490408959.post-34329921823691653362009-05-19T14:56:00.000-04:002009-05-19T14:56:00.000-04:00I am so sorry the PPG used that headline. The edi...I am so sorry the PPG used that headline. The editorial room must have picked it up for sensationalist reasons. The Standing Committee did NOT include Forrester's meditation practices borrowed from Buddhism (which are common in many Christian denominations--Thomas Keating+. a well-known Roman Catholic theologian, teaches them, as well as Episcopal theologians, some very conservative. The reasons we chose were serious ones, and the headline, inaccurate and sensational, draws attention away from them.Celinda Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02347754042014692882noreply@blogger.com