Jane Holmes Dixon

Jane Dixon

Former Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Pro tempore

The Right Reverend Jane Holmes Dixon served as Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Pro tempore, with ecclesiastical authority for the diocese until she retired in 2002. When the “On Faith” panelist was consecrated in 1992 as Suffragan Bishop of Washington, she was the second woman to be elevated to the office of bishop in the Episcopal Church, and the third in the worldwide Anglican Communion. A graduate of Vanderbilt University, she obtained a Master of Divinity degree from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1981. The seminary awarded her a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1993. Dixon has worked extensively to enhance understanding among different denominations and was instrumental in bringing about the conference, Two Sacred Paths: Christianity and Islam: A Call for Understanding at Washington National Cathedral in 1998. She also presided at the Interfaith Service for the Nation at the Washington National Cathedral on September 14, 2001. She has served as President of The Interfaith Alliance, a national organization with 185,000 members and 75 local activist groups, and recently joined The Interfaith Alliance Foundation as senior advisor for Inter-Religious Affairs. Close.

Jane Dixon

Former Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Pro tempore

The Right Reverend Jane Holmes Dixon served as Episcopal Bishop of Washington, Pro tempore, with ecclesiastical authority for the diocese until she retired in 2002. When the “On Faith” panelist was consecrated in 1992 as Suffragan Bishop of Washington, she was the second woman to be elevated to the office of bishop in the Episcopal Church, and the third in the worldwide Anglican Communion. more »

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Laura I. Labadie:

Hi,

I was wondering if you were related to Ernest Holmes? I have been enjoying Science of Mind for 30 years and you seem to be very similar to his teachings.

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Laura I. Labadie:

Hi,

I was wondering if you were related to Ernest Holmes? I have been enjoying Science of Mind for 30 years and you seem to be very similar to his teachings.

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Laura I. Labadie:

Hi,

I was wondering if you were related to Ernest Holmes? I have been enjoying Science of Mind for 30 years and you seem to be very similar to his teachings.

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Martiniano:

Christianity offers much to those who "find" it like the neighbor of J. Rhinehart.

Prison conversions, junkie converts, abused children who grow up to find all that they missed and craved in the arms of Jesus.

There is a time during their conversion that they must cling tightly to this belief that Christianity has ALL of the answers for them. So it's pretty common that they will become uber-Christian and reject contact with anyone who isn't on their path.

I'm no social scientist, I've known many many converts and find what I say to be true.

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J. Rhinehart:

I have a neighbor who has recently become involved with a local church, so much so that when I told her I don't agree with their main premise - namely, that Jesus was a God - she stopped speaking to me. I was raised in that same type of church, so I know what my friend is going thru right now. Someday, I hope she will see we have other things to talk about, but right now she's like an infatuated lover. There is no desire on her part to be around anyone who doesn't share her infatuation. She has "fallen in love" - literally - with the church people. She doesn't want anything else. There is no communication.

I know her infatuation is a bubble. It will burst one day. If she lets it. And hopefully the incomparable love & hope she felt while in it's circle will remain at least in part with her afterward. But I hope she comes back to the real world again. I miss her.

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Perhaps the most realistic, if most depressing, response to this question.

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