Just blame it on your predecessor! Kidding aside, though, I’d tell him or her that when things don’t seem to be going too well and there are people who are angry and upset, remember you’re still there to love them. Ultimately they’re all seeking to do God’s will and sometimes people express it in different ways, in ways perhaps that you wouldn’t do it, or you wish they wouldn’t do it.
In response to the question, What would you say if your successor came to you for advice on heading the Diocese?, Bishop Bruce says something wonderful and powerful about God, and about the work we are all called to do as followers of the Living God.
Jesus spake these words and said, “No matter how much they do things wrong or disagree with thee, remember thou are still there to love them.”
(Source: anglicanjournal.com)
