Episcopal Church Hits Bottom, Digs

from Stand Firm by Greg Griffith

The Rev. David Bailey was ordained and consecrated bishop of the Episcopal Church in Navajoland Aug. 7 in a ceremony rife with tradition, joy and hope at the Brooks/Isham Performing Arts Center in Kirtland, New Mexico.

Several hundred Diné -- many wearing traditional Navajo clothing -- visitors and guests attended the 11 a.m. service. Medicine Man Herbert Yazzie led the procession with prayers, followed by Catharine Plummer, widow of the late Navajo Bishop Steven Plummer.

She and Cathlena Plummer, using sacred blessing bowls and eagle feathers, smudged the gathering with smoldering sage and sweetgrass incense, a traditional ritual of blessing and cleansing AND IT GOES ON AND ON AND ON LIKE THIS SOMEBODY HAND ME MY PISTOL.

Columns of fire would be too good for these people.

Also... Mentions in the article of Jesus Christ: 0.