Review by Dr. Donald D. Budd*
The author, Reverend Hiram Johnson, brings some fine credentials for the writing of this book. He is both theologically trained and a professional counselor. He is a United Methodist clergy and is under appointment as a counselor in private practice. Asbury is the seminary where he received his Masters degree in counseling. He has an MSW from the University of Kentucky. He has credentials as a board certified diplomate in clinical social work.
The author intertwines two themes throughout the book. They are:
1) therapeutic insights and
2) his spiritual journey from faithlessness to faith.
The story line is interesting. He tells of being the driver in an auto accident that killed a 17 year-old female passenger on Christmas Day. Then he traces his journey through various therapy situations to deal with his guilt and shame. In a way the book can be compared to a “before and after” experience, that is, before faith and after his conversion.
The narrative also mixes his theology and his therapeutic insights. For example, right after the accident, many friends tried to share Scripture with him and he found that more disruptive than helpful. He writes, “All Scripture is pure and true, but the timing and context in which it is read or heard makes the difference as to whether it is significant, embraced, or from our perspective, feels downright cruel.”
Throughout the book, he quite successfully uses Scripture texts where he thinks they do work. He also pulls in quotes from all kinds of sources. This reviewer did enjoy the quotes. In fact, they were one of the book’s strengths, taken from a wide range of writings, including many with which the reviewer is familiar. When looking at the issue of personal flaws, something he had previously seen as objects of guilt and shame, he found this from Harold Kushner, “Although God may be disappointed in some of the things we do, He is never disappointed in who we are, fallible people struggling with the implication of knowing good and evil.”
Rev. Johnson’s greatest contributions are his counseling skills, wide reading, and experience.
This is not to say that there are some concerns which the author doesn’t address.
For all the talk of faith and grace redeeming persons through appropriate Scripture and belief, this reviewer found it very interesting that the author came to faith via community. It was through the church that God revealed God’s self to the author. The author found Christ through people. It was not just God’s use of the accident and its aftermath that brought him to faith but the faithfulness of believers.
Another concern the book does not address is post traumatic stress syndrome. It was not helpful to this reviewer who has to deal with PTSS. I am a Vietnam Veteran. Anger and hate were my issues; guilt and shame were not. With so many Iraq occupation casualties and veterans having PTSS, the author misses the chance to acknowledge them. The difference between the stress of his experience and that of a vet is like the difference between apples and oranges.
The book clearly is not an academic treatise. He makes many assertions without verification. But it is an enjoyable read for nonprofessionals as are most books for the popular market.
While Rev. Johnson really does not add anything new or unique to counseling theory, any Christian counselor or pastoral counselor would accept the book with gratitude. His emphasis is on grace, on Christ’s forgiveness of our sins which in turn enables us to forgive ourselves and others.
Psychologically the book is very helpful, i.e. the definitions of key counseling words and the problems of guilt and shame.
Virtually all persons who counsel deal with these issues.
To whom is Rev. Johnson writing?
How about Conservative pastors/theologians? They will be accepting of the book and find it profitable reading. This will be especially true for those who are not trained in counseling or have little exposure to counseling theory. The conservative pastor/theologian will appreciate the combining of counseling insights and belief system, even if he/she disagrees at some points with the author’s theology.
The book is not intended to be a methodology book or a how-to book. This being the case I do not see how it will help an untrained counselor to bring healing to a client. However, the book introduces many key clinical insights that can open up to the novice the breadth of issues a counselee may be facing and hopefully be encouragement to pursue in further study.
I would be very careful about passing it on to lay people. If their
guilt/shame is severe they would need a therapist to help them. Hopefully, the book will be a catalyst helping readers to recognize that help is available.
Would a liberal theologian/pastor find this book helpful? Theologically the help offered has usually been considered and found by them to be inadequate. The value of the book is how it presents a conservative approach to counseling as well as a bibliography which includes the key texts used in conservative circles. All have things to learn from each other especially since many of our parishioners tend to be conservative.
I am glad to have read the book and have the distinct privilege of reviewing it.
Rev. Donald D. Budd, D. Min.
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Editor’s note on Dr. Budd:
He received his BS degree from Southern Nazarene University. Double majors: philosophy and Christian education
His graduate degrees are a Masters in Religion Education from Nazarene Theological Seminary, Masters degrees in Church Management and Pastoral Counseling from Olivet Nazarene University and his M. Div. equivalent and D. Min. from United Theological Seminary
His counseling ministry was a part of his parish ministry from which he is now retired.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Thursday, December 13, 2007
Lay Theologians
I am a professional theologian. That is, I have extensive training and study which have established a wide body of theological ideas and findings which enrich my spiritual journey, usually giving me direction for life decisions.
Lay theologians ordinarily do not have that kind of educational background unless, much later in life than us professionals, they choose to attend seminary for the purpose of learning and not just making a living.
It has been my privilege to bump into four lay theologians over the last year. Dee Lambert I’ve known for over 30 years and she is now helping two little churches keep going by being their lay speaker. I’ve posted one of her poems on my blog. See October 26 below for it.
Barbara Wendland I’ve known about fifteen years and she continues to actively stir up the denomination not only in her part of the world (Texas) but reaches many people around the country through her newsletter (www.connectionsonline.org).
Art Davis, my poet friend, has always been insightful but he recently showed me an essay in which he argues that God may be tired of creating new earths which seem all to end in environmental or military catastrophe. Our earth is number 7. His closing words are “Will any survivors report to Me? PLEASE. UFOs up to family-size are ready!” At least God is willing to try again, Art says.
Natala Orobello teaches English at a local college and has published her first book, DESTINED FOR GREATNESS (available through AMAZON.COM). It is one of five she has finished. When asked why she chose this one to be published first, she answered, “God told me.” When you read it, you can see why.
I read her book as I read other novels, a little bit at a time, usually just before bed. That works for novels just fine. But when I finished, I found I had to go back, not for plot points or character names, but for insights which she slips in all through the book.
The format is “novella” but the purpose is “spiritual journey.”
She does not preach. But she illustrates her main proposition that God intends greatness for everyone but each one of us makes choices which even to God, come “as a surprise to us!”
Professor Orobello was born in Sicily and was raised in the Roman Catholic Church. The standard theology she heard from the priests left many questions for her which usually, when answered at all by the priests, were called “mysteries.” She wasn’t satisfied with that and has thought through what her experience and educational background provided as substantive answers. DESTINED FOR GREATNESS does not trace her spiritual journey but is more the result of it, with hints of how she struggled to get there.
Her book deserves to be read as part of one’s devotional practices. But it is not didactic. You will be tempted to keep on reading at the close of each of her brief chapters.
What I like the most about a lay theologian is the freedom to explore thoughts which those of us with traditional theological training hesitate to do. Are the results of their explorations going to become mileposts in humankind’s spiritual journey? Who knows? Quite possibly!
To me, they are a sign that God continues to converse with us and those who hear are sharing their thoughts in creative ways.
Lay theologians ordinarily do not have that kind of educational background unless, much later in life than us professionals, they choose to attend seminary for the purpose of learning and not just making a living.
It has been my privilege to bump into four lay theologians over the last year. Dee Lambert I’ve known for over 30 years and she is now helping two little churches keep going by being their lay speaker. I’ve posted one of her poems on my blog. See October 26 below for it.
Barbara Wendland I’ve known about fifteen years and she continues to actively stir up the denomination not only in her part of the world (Texas) but reaches many people around the country through her newsletter (
Art Davis, my poet friend, has always been insightful but he recently showed me an essay in which he argues that God may be tired of creating new earths which seem all to end in environmental or military catastrophe. Our earth is number 7. His closing words are “Will any survivors report to Me? PLEASE. UFOs up to family-size are ready!” At least God is willing to try again, Art says.
Natala Orobello teaches English at a local college and has published her first book, DESTINED FOR GREATNESS (available through AMAZON.COM). It is one of five she has finished. When asked why she chose this one to be published first, she answered, “God told me.” When you read it, you can see why.
I read her book as I read other novels, a little bit at a time, usually just before bed. That works for novels just fine. But when I finished, I found I had to go back, not for plot points or character names, but for insights which she slips in all through the book.
The format is “novella” but the purpose is “spiritual journey.”
She does not preach. But she illustrates her main proposition that God intends greatness for everyone but each one of us makes choices which even to God, come “as a surprise to us!”
Professor Orobello was born in Sicily and was raised in the Roman Catholic Church. The standard theology she heard from the priests left many questions for her which usually, when answered at all by the priests, were called “mysteries.” She wasn’t satisfied with that and has thought through what her experience and educational background provided as substantive answers. DESTINED FOR GREATNESS does not trace her spiritual journey but is more the result of it, with hints of how she struggled to get there.
Her book deserves to be read as part of one’s devotional practices. But it is not didactic. You will be tempted to keep on reading at the close of each of her brief chapters.
What I like the most about a lay theologian is the freedom to explore thoughts which those of us with traditional theological training hesitate to do. Are the results of their explorations going to become mileposts in humankind’s spiritual journey? Who knows? Quite possibly!
To me, they are a sign that God continues to converse with us and those who hear are sharing their thoughts in creative ways.
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Barbara Wendland,
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Short Christmas Sermon
The local paper asked me to write a sermon for their series "SERMON OF THE WEEK." Here's my offering:
Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love the lights, the music, the stories, even the commercialism! While a lot of advertisements are gross and the desperation to sell gets annoying, it still seems as if all of America and much of the western world finds a way to be brighter, be cheerier, be more generous than any other time of the year. And that sure helps us pass through the darkest days on the calendar, those around the winter solstice.
Far more important to me than the flurry of exciting activities and decorations which lighten the season is the Incarnation. “God with us,” God becoming human to live with us, walk . . ., sweat . . ., work . . ., attend worship . . ., deal with difficult people . . ., struggle with all the issues of humanity including physical suffering and death. He knows first hand what we go through!
He also lived in a time when power was international, except we need to realize his country was the one being occupied.
And he taught that his nation was ordained by God to rule the world. HA! No, Jesus’ kingdom was not of this world. Somehow we’ve forgotten that part of His message.
He taught many things but the key to his call to us is that we are to also incarnate God’s love. As He came to live God’s love among us, so we are to do the same, live God’s love with everyone else. And the Judgment of God about our lives will be based on whether we fed the hungry, welcomed the stranger, healed the sick, and visited the imprisoned. The Bible says that and I believe it, and that settles it!
That “final exam” described in the Book of Matthew, 25th chapter, verses 31-46, takes us way beyond any belief system which we follow in our religious life. I’ve discovered that people who believe differently than I do and take Jesus as seriously as I do, are the last to presume immigrants, legal or illegal, are evil and need to be removed from our midst. I’ve discovered that people of other religions not only welcome the stranger, they feed the hungry and clothe the poor and care for the sick and imprisoned.
“You will know them by their fruits,” Jesus said (Matthew 7:16).
What then is faith? Fear for our immortal souls? Fear of disobedience? Fear of being wrong? No. As the angels told the shepherds, “Fear not!” Doubt is not the opposite of faith. Fear is.
Faith is far simpler. It is trusting God.
For months, Annie prayed for a horse for Christmas. She did it each night before she went to bed. Even though the main focus of her prayers was to bless her parents, neighbors, friends, and even the strangers in her town, she slipped in her desire to get the horse. Her parents having only a small apartment for the three of them had no way to afford a horse or renting a place where it could be boarded. But they didn’t have the heart to challenge Annie’s earnestness and faith that she’d get the horse.
Christmas came. Annie gleefully jumped out of bed and ran into the living room to check out her presents. She found a doll buggy and a new doll under the tree. She put the doll in the buggy and went door to door on her floor in the apartment building, showing everyone what Santa had given her.
Her parents were stunned. Annie said nothing about there being no horse. She was just full of joy to have the new toys.
When she got back from her trip to the neighbors, they talked to her. “Annie, we’ve always told you that God answers your prayers. But he didn’t answer the one about your wanting a horse.”
“Oh but God did answer my prayer,” Annie said. “He just said ‘No.’”
That’s faith.
Christmas is my favorite time of the year. I love the lights, the music, the stories, even the commercialism! While a lot of advertisements are gross and the desperation to sell gets annoying, it still seems as if all of America and much of the western world finds a way to be brighter, be cheerier, be more generous than any other time of the year. And that sure helps us pass through the darkest days on the calendar, those around the winter solstice.
Far more important to me than the flurry of exciting activities and decorations which lighten the season is the Incarnation. “God with us,” God becoming human to live with us, walk . . ., sweat . . ., work . . ., attend worship . . ., deal with difficult people . . ., struggle with all the issues of humanity including physical suffering and death. He knows first hand what we go through!
He also lived in a time when power was international, except we need to realize his country was the one being occupied.
And he taught that his nation was ordained by God to rule the world. HA! No, Jesus’ kingdom was not of this world. Somehow we’ve forgotten that part of His message.
He taught many things but the key to his call to us is that we are to also incarnate God’s love. As He came to live God’s love among us, so we are to do the same, live God’s love with everyone else. And the Judgment of God about our lives will be based on whether we fed the hungry, welcomed the stranger, healed the sick, and visited the imprisoned. The Bible says that and I believe it, and that settles it!
That “final exam” described in the Book of Matthew, 25th chapter, verses 31-46, takes us way beyond any belief system which we follow in our religious life. I’ve discovered that people who believe differently than I do and take Jesus as seriously as I do, are the last to presume immigrants, legal or illegal, are evil and need to be removed from our midst. I’ve discovered that people of other religions not only welcome the stranger, they feed the hungry and clothe the poor and care for the sick and imprisoned.
“You will know them by their fruits,” Jesus said (Matthew 7:16).
What then is faith? Fear for our immortal souls? Fear of disobedience? Fear of being wrong? No. As the angels told the shepherds, “Fear not!” Doubt is not the opposite of faith. Fear is.
Faith is far simpler. It is trusting God.
For months, Annie prayed for a horse for Christmas. She did it each night before she went to bed. Even though the main focus of her prayers was to bless her parents, neighbors, friends, and even the strangers in her town, she slipped in her desire to get the horse. Her parents having only a small apartment for the three of them had no way to afford a horse or renting a place where it could be boarded. But they didn’t have the heart to challenge Annie’s earnestness and faith that she’d get the horse.
Christmas came. Annie gleefully jumped out of bed and ran into the living room to check out her presents. She found a doll buggy and a new doll under the tree. She put the doll in the buggy and went door to door on her floor in the apartment building, showing everyone what Santa had given her.
Her parents were stunned. Annie said nothing about there being no horse. She was just full of joy to have the new toys.
When she got back from her trip to the neighbors, they talked to her. “Annie, we’ve always told you that God answers your prayers. But he didn’t answer the one about your wanting a horse.”
“Oh but God did answer my prayer,” Annie said. “He just said ‘No.’”
That’s faith.
Monday, December 3, 2007
Coach's strategies
One of the marks of Coach Mike McCarthy's work with the Packers is that his game plans have been effective. How else do you win when you do not have a running game?
One of the things you do not see on the game films of opponents is the opponent coach's game plans. You can get an idea but until you have a history in the league and against a particular opponent, it is hard to know what to expect.
McCarthy's plan to attack the Cowboys deep last Thursday night was a great idea. For a lot of reasons, it failed. It appears the Cowboys' defensive game plan anticipated just that attack. Perhaps they are better at self-scouting than the Packers are just now. Given the average and injury-struck defensive backfield, any smart coach might have done the same as McCarthy did.
McCarthy learned a lesson. Sometimes you have to plan to go strength on strength and let the attack on weaknesses come later. If the Packers get to play the Cowboys for the conference championship, the game plan is more likely to be just that.
But first, McCarthy will have to prepare the team for an emerging Oakland Raiders. The Bears are coming on and the Lions will have nothing to lose. The Packers will have a whole set of battles to win before they can start talking about game planning for the Cowboys!
One of the things you do not see on the game films of opponents is the opponent coach's game plans. You can get an idea but until you have a history in the league and against a particular opponent, it is hard to know what to expect.
McCarthy's plan to attack the Cowboys deep last Thursday night was a great idea. For a lot of reasons, it failed. It appears the Cowboys' defensive game plan anticipated just that attack. Perhaps they are better at self-scouting than the Packers are just now. Given the average and injury-struck defensive backfield, any smart coach might have done the same as McCarthy did.
McCarthy learned a lesson. Sometimes you have to plan to go strength on strength and let the attack on weaknesses come later. If the Packers get to play the Cowboys for the conference championship, the game plan is more likely to be just that.
But first, McCarthy will have to prepare the team for an emerging Oakland Raiders. The Bears are coming on and the Lions will have nothing to lose. The Packers will have a whole set of battles to win before they can start talking about game planning for the Cowboys!
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Green Bay Packers,
Mike McCarthy
Friday, November 30, 2007
Green Bay Packers' Game Plan
The sports writers and announcers do not seem to have grasped what the game plan was for the great game between the Packers and the Cowboys. It was obvious to me that the Packers thought they could jump all over the Cowboy corners with long passes.
There were two goals: one, wear out the corners for more success against them later in the game, and two, get a lead so that Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo would have to play from behind, something he may not be able to do yet.
It almost worked. But the Cowboy corners held up well enough to stay with the wide receivers of the Packers and Favre was just a little off in his throws. Also, the offensive line was not as capable of holding off the Cowboys defensive line as they had hoped.
Even if Favre had not been hurt, the Packers' plan was most likely to go back to the short pass/five receiver scheme with which they had been successful and proved to be early on during the opening series of plays.
Now the Packers know how far they have come as a team, having played mostly teams with losing records. They know they need all their troops and that they cannot look on any of their up-coming games as "easy." They are capable of winning them all, but sometimes, having one or another key player out will make them vulnerable.
But they also know they can run with Dallas and are not afraid to return to Dallas for a play-off game. Favre still has to win at Texas Stadium. And he will.
There were two goals: one, wear out the corners for more success against them later in the game, and two, get a lead so that Cowboy quarterback Tony Romo would have to play from behind, something he may not be able to do yet.
It almost worked. But the Cowboy corners held up well enough to stay with the wide receivers of the Packers and Favre was just a little off in his throws. Also, the offensive line was not as capable of holding off the Cowboys defensive line as they had hoped.
Even if Favre had not been hurt, the Packers' plan was most likely to go back to the short pass/five receiver scheme with which they had been successful and proved to be early on during the opening series of plays.
Now the Packers know how far they have come as a team, having played mostly teams with losing records. They know they need all their troops and that they cannot look on any of their up-coming games as "easy." They are capable of winning them all, but sometimes, having one or another key player out will make them vulnerable.
But they also know they can run with Dallas and are not afraid to return to Dallas for a play-off game. Favre still has to win at Texas Stadium. And he will.
Sunday, November 4, 2007
Art Davis poem - By My Beard . . .
Mr. Davis is a good church member, a dedicated Christian who has not only given much time, resources, and skill to the churches of which has been been a part both up north and here in Port Charlotte, but he has lent his "bum" to more sermons than you. So he is aware of Scripture passages like, "You will know the false prophets by what they do" (Mt. 7:20) and songs like, "You will know we are Christians by our love," (folk hymn from the 1970s).
His fertile mind plays with phrases like that and he comes up with the some wonderful stuff:
By My Beard You Shall Know Me
Oh hear me, Muse,
I do implore.
Prevent my penning
Words that bore.
In searching through
My poetry books,
I found a sim-
Iliarity of looks.
Longfellow, Whitman,
Elliott, and Keats,
All giants of
poetic feats,
I realized,
You'll think it weird,
Those titans each,
I found with beard.
The question broached
Is not too hard.
Without a beard,
Can one be a bard?
Once I'm bearded,
I'll overnight
Then take my place,
Midst those classed erudite?
I label writing
Rather hard,
For I could end
With beard, and yet
Still not be a bard. . .
Arthur H. Davis
4/11/07
Copyright
6/12/07
Posted by permission of the author
His fertile mind plays with phrases like that and he comes up with the some wonderful stuff:
By My Beard You Shall Know Me
Oh hear me, Muse,
I do implore.
Prevent my penning
Words that bore.
In searching through
My poetry books,
I found a sim-
Iliarity of looks.
Longfellow, Whitman,
Elliott, and Keats,
All giants of
poetic feats,
I realized,
You'll think it weird,
Those titans each,
I found with beard.
The question broached
Is not too hard.
Without a beard,
Can one be a bard?
Once I'm bearded,
I'll overnight
Then take my place,
Midst those classed erudite?
I label writing
Rather hard,
For I could end
With beard, and yet
Still not be a bard. . .
Arthur H. Davis
4/11/07
Copyright
6/12/07
Posted by permission of the author
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
James Holsinger's Recusal
I have watched the Judicial Council for many years.
Back in 1993, something happened that I did not know could happen. Rev. Zan Holmes recused himself from consideration of the case of a Perkins School of Theology professor who was a member of the annual conference to which Dr. Holmes belonged. See Judicial Council Decision (JCD) 696.
For years, a key member of the Judicial Council had given in writing, by phone, and in personal conversation ex parte opinions to bishops in cases that were headed for the Judicial Council. That kind of "help" by a Judicial Council member was finally ended by General Conference in 1992. See Paragraph 2607 of the 2004 Book of Discipline.
Dr. Holmes' recusal set a precedent of integrity that was honored by a number of other Judicial Council members when cases came from their respective annual conferences. For instance, a recent case caused the secretary of the Judicial Council to remove himself from any action related to a case during his annual conference so he would be free to fulfill his role as a Judicial Council member. He spelled out his actions in his concurring opinion, last paragraph, of JCD 1032.
One might think that maybe Dr. Holsinger, president of the Judicial Council, is showing a similar ethical concern by withdrawing from the Fall Session of the Judicial Council held last week. Unfortunately, I cannot believe that is so.
In the past, during his seven years on the Council, Dr. Holsinger did not recuse himself from at least two cases before the Judicial Council in which he had significant relationships with parties at interest. Now he recused himself from a session in which there were some cases dealing with controversial matters. No matter how he would vote on them, it would not affect his integrity but it could affect his chance to become Surgeon General.
The issue of his ethical practice recently has become a public matter through reports about his role involving the disbursal of proceeds from the sale of an annual conference property. Some of those proceeds were donated to programs at the university where he worked. When that story came out a few weeks ago, in my opinion, Dr. Holsinger should have resigned from the Judicial Council then. But if he had, how would that look going into the Senate confirmation hearings? If he is confirmed by the Senate, then he can resign from the Judicial Council for a positive reason.
It is time for Dr. Holsinger to face his past unfortunate decisions and actions and the serious questions they have raised. He can show the same integrity as his predecessors by resigning now from the Judicial Council, not simply recusing himself for this session because his nomination may be an "unnecessary and unproductive distraction."
--This post is also published as a commentary on UM NeXus, http://www.umnexus.org--
Back in 1993, something happened that I did not know could happen. Rev. Zan Holmes recused himself from consideration of the case of a Perkins School of Theology professor who was a member of the annual conference to which Dr. Holmes belonged. See Judicial Council Decision (JCD) 696.
For years, a key member of the Judicial Council had given in writing, by phone, and in personal conversation ex parte opinions to bishops in cases that were headed for the Judicial Council. That kind of "help" by a Judicial Council member was finally ended by General Conference in 1992. See Paragraph 2607 of the 2004 Book of Discipline.
Dr. Holmes' recusal set a precedent of integrity that was honored by a number of other Judicial Council members when cases came from their respective annual conferences. For instance, a recent case caused the secretary of the Judicial Council to remove himself from any action related to a case during his annual conference so he would be free to fulfill his role as a Judicial Council member. He spelled out his actions in his concurring opinion, last paragraph, of JCD 1032.
One might think that maybe Dr. Holsinger, president of the Judicial Council, is showing a similar ethical concern by withdrawing from the Fall Session of the Judicial Council held last week. Unfortunately, I cannot believe that is so.
In the past, during his seven years on the Council, Dr. Holsinger did not recuse himself from at least two cases before the Judicial Council in which he had significant relationships with parties at interest. Now he recused himself from a session in which there were some cases dealing with controversial matters. No matter how he would vote on them, it would not affect his integrity but it could affect his chance to become Surgeon General.
The issue of his ethical practice recently has become a public matter through reports about his role involving the disbursal of proceeds from the sale of an annual conference property. Some of those proceeds were donated to programs at the university where he worked. When that story came out a few weeks ago, in my opinion, Dr. Holsinger should have resigned from the Judicial Council then. But if he had, how would that look going into the Senate confirmation hearings? If he is confirmed by the Senate, then he can resign from the Judicial Council for a positive reason.
It is time for Dr. Holsinger to face his past unfortunate decisions and actions and the serious questions they have raised. He can show the same integrity as his predecessors by resigning now from the Judicial Council, not simply recusing himself for this session because his nomination may be an "unnecessary and unproductive distraction."
--This post is also published as a commentary on UM NeXus, http://www.umnexus.org--
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