A
Terrible Editorial in Life and Work (May 2009)
In her editorial, [outgoing acting-editor] Muriel
Armstrong writes about the General Assembly of the Kirk, shortly to take
place in Edinburgh, and focuses entirely on the case of the Rev Scott
Rennie, whose call to the congregation of Queen’s Cross in Aberdeen is
being resisted by dissenters from that Presbytery.
The serious mistake that Life & Work has
made here is that the magazine attempts to argue this case and to
bring it to a liberal conclusion long before the General Assembly even
convenes. How can it be considered fair or proper to discuss a case
and to say what the outcome should be before the Kirk’s highest court
has convened and debated? This is simply prejudice, not
journalism.
The editorial ends with a swipe at the dissenters,
reminding [them] of [their] ordination vows – vows about the
preservation of the peace and unity of the church, the very peace and
unity that is being threatened by those who press this matter, including Life
& Work, and not by the dissenters.
Life & Work has done itself no favours
this month. The editorial is prejudiced and unbalanced.
abridged from coffeewithlouis
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here to listen to Sally Magnuson interviewing Muriel Armstrong
