‘How about a fresh cup of reality?’
Among Anglican bloggers, there has been a great deal of comment on the Archbishop of Canterbury’s video about his hopes for Lambeth. American Anglican blogger BabyBlue has posted an entertaining, but serious, comment –
Something is missing from the video. It’s often called the “Elephant in the Room,” … the question we ask is how can any bishop trust another bishop when the chief pastor bishop cannot even admit that there is “division of the first magnitude” going on outside his palace gates? …
What we see here instead, is an Archbishop of Canterbury who has created an environment free from bishops suing laity, bishops suing clergy, bishops defrocking clergy, bishops deposing bishops, bishops suing bishops, bishops wigging out so much that judgment flies out the window and they start threatening to defrock the general editor of the English Standard Version of the Bible, for heaven’s sake. Hello? Apparently, none of that is visible from inside this ivory tower. Pull up a comfy chair. A full course of denial is on the menu.
See her full post – complete with The Parrot Sketch – here.
Canadians compelled to act
What force could compel Canadian Anglicans to take drastic action – such as leaving the Anglican Church of Canada, risking pensions and property and reputation?
The answer is something rarely reported in the media: Christ’s love – he died for us (2 Corinthians 5:14-15).
“The Anglican Network in Canada is holding a national conference in the Vancouver area [April 25-26] to celebrate God’s gracious provision, refocus on the mission Christ gave His Church, and delight in the compelling love of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Please pray for all involved in the ANiC National Conference this weekend, that they may continue to focus on the Lord Jesus Christ, and that they may preach his gospel with such clarity and love that he will be glorified as many turn to him for salvation.
Archbishop of Canterbury: Lambeth is for making ‘better bishops’
The Archbishop of Canterbury has set out his hopes for this year’s Lambeth Conference in a video message addressed to Bishops and Dioceses across the Anglican Communion –
“We want to see this year’s conference as an occasion when Bishops learn how to be better Bishops… where people will we hope feel safe enough to share some of the most intimate things about their faith and their situation…”
Read the transcript or watch the Archbishop on YouTube via the Anglican Communion News Service.
Perhaps this would be a very good time to read again any of these –
- The Limits of Fellowship – by Phillip Jensen, Dean of Sydney
- A Crisis in Koinonia – by David Short, Rector of St. John’s Shaughnessy, Vancouver
- The Anglican Debacle: Roots and Patterns – by Dr Mark Thompson, ACL President
- Communion in Crisis: the Way Forward for Evangelicals part 1 part 2 – by Archbishop Peter Jensen, Archbishop of Sydney
Canadians set to make ecclesiastical history
Fourteen bishops, including several archbishops, many from the Global Anglican Communion, led by the Archbishop of the Southern Cone, the Most Rev. Gregory Venables, will make an historic visit to Vancouver, British Columbia, this weekend to officially launch an ecclesial organization that will stand in permanent opposition to the theologically liberal Anglican Church of Canada. …
– Story from VirtueOnline. (Photo: Diocese of Recife.)
What we believe
The message at the heart of Christianity is really quite simple…