Earlier this evening, Bishop Gene Robinson was interviewed by NPR’s Melissa Block about his recent announcement that he would retire in January of 2013:
First Gay Episcopal Bishop Says Death Threats ‘Strengthened My Faith’
The controversy and death threats that followed his becoming the nation’s first openly gay Episcopal bishop “actually strengthened my faith and strengthened my relationship with the living God,” Bishop V. Gene Robinson of New Hampshire just told NPR’s Melissa Block.
The 65-year-old bishop, who announced over the weekend that he plans to retire in 2013, said “there is nothing like a death threat (or, in his case, several) to get your attention … to make you think about God” and to make you realize that “death is not the worst thing — not living your life, that’s the worst thing.”
In the seven years since he became a bishop, Robinson added, he has had cause to remember that “life is a gift and we are meant to be good stewards of that gift.”
Click HERE to hear a bit of the interview