I propose a time of reflection, renewal and study to consider the intersection of the church's call to extend and open up our boundaries to all who come to us (radical hospitality) with our need to set healthy boundaries so that the most vulnerable among us stay safe (issues of clergy misconduct). All of our church communities are struggling to integrate these two themes in our common life. I would propose to do this in a balanced program of prayer and study with the following components:

*Read contemporary authors in the areas of congregational hospitality and Benedictine spirituality alongside the most current work in clergy misconduct.

*Establish a daily rhythm of prayer, worship, reading and writing.

*Attend a workshop through the Alban Institute and/or the Center for the Prevention of Sexual and Domestic Violence as available in 2005.

*Spend a week at the Episcopal House of Prayer (St. John's Benedictine Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota).

*Make a silent eight day guided, retreat.

*Seek consultation with subject experts (Fortune, Steinke, Rediger, Chittister, Richardson, etc.).

*Distill what I discover into an article or monograph to be made available for publication in a journal of learning (eg. Anglican Theological Review, Christian Century, etc.).