A Voice of Reason
With so much doom and gloom being written, in the press and around the blogosphere, about the Anglican Communion at the moment it was refreshing, today, to read the voice of reason that is Bishop Alan Wilson. I hope and pray his voice will be heard, and taken notice of: especially this weekend with General Synod meeting in York (Friday 4th — Tuesday 8th July).
There have been a lot of scare stories, about the possibility of the Anglican Church splitting (shattering(?)), hitting the press recently — Ruth Gledhill is covering the majority of them in her blog at The Times Online.
But Bishop Alan reminds us that, “it’s time for fresh thinking, not trench warfare”. It seems that it’s trench warfare that we’re currently facing as each side in the various disputes wants to just dig in and defend its position. Whereas we should be finding ways to talk. We should be thinking differently!
Whether you’re running the Lambeth conference, pathfinding for the Anglican Communion, getting life expectancy in Zimbabwe higher than it was in England in the 11th century, or finding how to be radically inclusive in a fully traditional church, the only method is not Power Play, Militant Entryism and Dumb-Boy Thuggery, but FAITH!
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Do not worry Paul, I had a quiet word in Bishops Alan’s ear and all will be fine, he is even going to pass on my list to Father Christmas while he is at Lambeth! So December 25th should be a good one this year! I like positive things….. hehehehehe
Hope you included a few things for me too Steve!! hehehehe
Great post, amen to that (and hooray for corn starch)
Thanks Roy, and welcome.
I was so tempted to post that video on here, just because it’s so cool. But I thought it might be copying a bit too much of the good Bishop’s post.
If anyone is reading this and wondering what on earth Roy and I are on about, follow the link in the post above to Bishop Alan’s Blog, where you’ll see an amazing video featuring corn starch.