General Convention is fast approaching. The rhetoric from some quarters is definitely heating up.
\nI am very nervous. There are those who honestly think that this will all blow over and nothing particularly harmful will happen, aside from some blowing off of steam. I can’t buy that. I know the mindset of the reactionaries too well, and for them this is the line drawn in the sand. I am fearful that a large number, although not the majority, will move to leave the Church after the convention.
\nI am hoping that sanity will prevail and an honest Anglican spirit will have the day. I am prepared, however, for the worst. If the worst does happen, I suspect I (and those like me) will become the new “conservatives.” I really don’t want such a title, but if the current conservatives leave, then I guess the moderates become the new conservatives.
\nAlan Jones, the dean of the Cathedral in San Francisco, wrote a book recently published laying out his ideas of Anglican orthodoxy. I’ve only read the first few pages of the introduction, but I think this is going to be a very good book. Finally, it seems thus far, someone is writing in a way that I can strongly affirm. A middle way, a via media, seems to be his MO. I am hoping this may be the book that gives voice to the vast middle ground of the Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
General Convention is fast approaching. The rhetoric from some quarters is definitely heating up. I am very nervous. There are those who honestly think that this will all blow over and nothing particularly harmful will happen, aside from some blowing … Continue reading