“We [had] the broad spectrum ideologically…or theologically…and people coming at things very differently, but I was really amazed at how well we are able to come together and find…common points of agreement and move forward without a lot of fractiousness or deep division....My concern going into Synod was that it was going to be a hard pull to the right, ‘scorched earth,’ we’re going to get all of the dissent out by any means necessary with a heavy hammer, and I was ready to come in and resist that…[because] how you go about [things] matters…I tried to think…this Synod really is about how we as a church hold together the attributes of the church’s oneness and its holiness.” —Chris Ganski