After 4 years....

Four years ago, I was in the midst of a very demanding job, had additional family demands that were taking time, and, frankly, did not have much new to say on the Anglican Communion. I now find myself retired, with rather too much time on my hands, and the Communion is at yet another critical juncture.  Perhaps a better way of putting it is that the then newly announced Archbishop of Canterbury has had four years to run down the road to the can that ++Rowan Williams kicked one more time by retiring.  I am hoping against hope that we have reached the point where something will actually be done- one way or the other.

I have kept active as a commenter, in recent times mostly on Anglican Ink- which is well worth a visit if you haven't been there.  The problem is that I find commenting on articles is responsive - which is to say, rather then presenting the whole of my thinking on a subject, I am focused on the point of view of the article I am commenting on.  So I am feeling inclined to editorialize a bit, and I hope some of what I write here proves of some use, and in the long run, I hope I can wean myself off of the ecclesiastical and doctrinal crises of Anglicanism, and get back to presenting some of the richness of the Anglo Catholic heritage. But at the current moment, I find myself praying that in a year we still have a church to celebrate, and that there are still Anglo Catholic elements within it.

So, for the moment, expect a couple of posts about the current state of Communion affairs.

In the meantime, do say a prayer for +Justin Welby, who finds himself at the center of the sexuality debate in the CoE, has a bishop running around spreading innuendo about what Welby knew or did not know about abuse as a 19 year camp counselor, and has to contend with a PR nightmare caused by the ACO officials issuing patently false press releases about TEC compliance at the last Consultative Council meeting, which may destroy any hope of being able to hold a Primates meeting or Lambeth conference.  I do not agree with ++Welby on how he has approached Communion affairs, but would not wish the current chaos on my worst enemy.