Bishop Savas called me this morning and we talked for nearly an hour about the AOI posting on George Soros. It was a frank, and I dare say, gracious conversation covering a host of topics including the title I picked critiquing his posting the his blog.
Out of deference to Bp. Savas I am changing the title to something more benign.
I am not going to go into the substance of the conversation although I will say something here I said to him: I understand that he is trying to bring Orthodoxy to the larger culture, and I appreciate it. It’s especially encouraging to see a Bishop do so. I went on to say that I especially appreciate his postings on art, music, and so forth.
I did not mention (because it’s self-evident) that we have some different opinions on politics and culture and may continue to have them. That’s OK though. I believe that truth is discerned in the give and take, even if it gets a bit raucous at times. That’s a result of growing up in a household with four sisters and two brothers. It’s also because I’m Dutch. We do stuff like push the ocean back.
Reasonable people can reasonably disagree about different things. They can reasonably work out problems when they come up as well.
One final note, the title of Bp. Savas’ very first blog “Savaonarolla” was one the better titles anyone ever thought up.
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