Cathleen Bascom
I am primarily interested in how we mold faith leaders for a changing, yet inquisitive 21st-century population from the rich Anglican theology and church traditions we cherish. The GOE's can be one way of gaining a picture of how new clergy integrate academic study with the issues of today. I believe that we need to consider some revision of both form and content of the exams to bear the most fruitful assessment. I was ordained in 1990 and hold numerous degrees, mainly in English Literature, Creative Writing, Divinity and Homiletics. I taught under-graduate students Biblical Studies at a Lutheran-tradition college for a few years. I have been a bishop for nearly five years, and do actively engage GOE results and new models of forming clergy for ministry in our diocese.