Washington Bishop Budde Admits TEC in Decline on National Public Radio
Washington Bishop Budde Admits TEC in Decline on National Public Radio
Talk Show Host Diane Rehm feels orthodox pain. Reams Budde
Over 50% of diocesan parishes are in decline, bishop admits
News Analysis
By Sarah Frances Ives
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
December 23, 2011
Only an occasional listener to the Diane Rehm show, I tuned in to hear Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde speak. My hat is off to Diane Rehm. She got all the questions right and learned how to bring the new bishop out of her New Age fog and face clearly uncomfortable realities.
First things first. The obvious public relations campaign swirling around Budde can be seen in her name change. At the request of the new bishop, she goes by Bishop Mariann in the Diocese of Washington, but Rehm refers to her as Bishop Budde (pronounced Bishop Buddeee.)
So it sounds like someone finally got to Budde about being called "Bishop Mariann" and said to her, "Washingtonians are not into cutesy and phony familiarity."
Or maybe Diane Rehm had the intelligence to say, Look. Take your title as Bishop seriously. I can't stomach this first name business.
Whoever did it, Budde at least temporarily changed her name. OK. One problem solved.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
Talk Show Host Diane Rehm feels orthodox pain. Reams Budde
Over 50% of diocesan parishes are in decline, bishop admits
News Analysis
By Sarah Frances Ives
Special to Virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
December 23, 2011
Only an occasional listener to the Diane Rehm show, I tuned in to hear Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde speak. My hat is off to Diane Rehm. She got all the questions right and learned how to bring the new bishop out of her New Age fog and face clearly uncomfortable realities.First things first. The obvious public relations campaign swirling around Budde can be seen in her name change. At the request of the new bishop, she goes by Bishop Mariann in the Diocese of Washington, but Rehm refers to her as Bishop Budde (pronounced Bishop Buddeee.)
So it sounds like someone finally got to Budde about being called "Bishop Mariann" and said to her, "Washingtonians are not into cutesy and phony familiarity."
Or maybe Diane Rehm had the intelligence to say, Look. Take your title as Bishop seriously. I can't stomach this first name business.
Whoever did it, Budde at least temporarily changed her name. OK. One problem solved.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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