Gene Robinson
Gene Robinson
Vicky Gene Robinsonis an American retired bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church in the United States of America. Robinson was elected bishop coadjutor in 2003 and succeeded as diocesan bishop in March 2004. Before becoming bishop, he served as Canon to the Ordinary to the VIII Bishop of New Hampshire...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth29 May 1947
CountryUnited States of America
discerning either god head impression partly tricky
Discerning the will of God is a very tricky thing, partly because, you know, the little voice in my head can either be God's voice or it can be my own ego doing a magnificent impression of God's voice.
best calls church crisis indeed itself risking work worry
If indeed this is the work of God... then it's a crisis that calls for the church to be its very best self, and not worry about risking itself for the right thing.
calls god life seems
It seems to me that if God calls us to anything it's to a life of integrity.
celibacy imposed supported
The truly longstanding tradition in the church is that some are called to celibacy. Some feel called to it. But the church has never supported that celibacy be mandated for someone not called to it. It's never imposed on someone.
understanding-god our-world body
Faith is a dynamic and ever-changing process, not some fixed body of truth that exists outside our world and our understanding. God's truth may be fixed and unchanging, but our comprehension of that truth will always be partial and flawed at best.
gay thinking church
I think my election is one of several indications that gay and lesbian folk are being brought more into the center of things. I'd like to think that my election signals my bringing of gay and lesbian folk into the center of the church.
gay church bishops
There are enormously gifted Episcopal priests around this church who are gay and lesbian, some of whom are partnered, who would make wonderful bishops and they're going to be nominated and they're going to be elected.
jesus want sometimes
Sometimes there are things worth risking your life for. It was Jesus who said if you want to save your life, you have to lose it.
confused home bees
The bees learn where they live by landmarks. If they're moved within their home range, they get confused.
along brothers christ god heaven might peter virtue
But by virtue of our baptism, Peter Akinola and I are brothers in Christ and one day we are going to be in heaven together, so we might as well learn to get along here because we will have to get along there. God won't have it any other way.
calling god inward kinds open people
And God is always calling me to open myself to all kinds of people that I've never thought about before and also calling me on this inward spiritual journey.
chose famous people sort
You know, I think Jesus was famous and also in a lot of trouble because he always chose people over sort of established procedures.
passion hard-times devices
Left to our own devices and passions, we human beings have a hard time seeing beyond what is immediately in front of us.
christian believe joy
One of the joys of being a Christian or being a person of faith is that you believe deep down that death isn't the worst thing, you know. Not living your life: that's the worst thing. And death is not, it's not all it's cracked up to be. It's not, it's not the end of the world.