Once again, TEC misses the rescue boat called Windsor - which is why we are still in this mess. From what we see from the aftermath of the New York Summit, it looks like The Episcopal Church still refuses to accept the recommendations of the Windsor Report and wishes to go its own way. The New York Summit shows just how far The Episcopal Church remains from mainstream Anglican Christianity. The statements coming from the Presiding Bishop-Elect and the official articles put out by the Episcopal News Service illustrate just how much distancing the Episcopal Church continues to engage in - even after this last-ditch attempt by the Archbishop of Canterbury to find a TEC-homegrown solution. The Episcopal Church maintains that in order to move forward, it will need yet another General Convention to deal with the issue - and let's just throw the Executive Board in there too - just to make it more fun. Things do not bode well for the ability of The Episcopal Church to deal with this growing crisis.
The significant point about the New York Summit is that the orthodox keep coming to the table, keep trying one last ditch attempt to see if there is some way for The Episcopal Church to stand down from the course it is determined to follow. The Anglican ship is setting sail, but it's not clear if TEC will finally understand the seriousness of this worldwide Anglican crisis and get on board.
TEC's ENS quotes Christopher Wilkins of Via Media USA as illustrating the crux of the problem. He says "This is an internal American problem that has been exported, which is unfortunate." This says it better than I could - that the Episcopal Church continues to maintain its unilateral stance and the hell with the rest of the Anglican Communion. The fact that Mr. Wilkins does not grasp - and this sentiment is shared by the majority of TEC's public leadership - that the innovations of TEC has a major impact on the rest of the Communion and to say that it is "an internal American problem" is to just completely miss the boat. This blindness, this denial, this sticking ones head in the sand is at best sad and frankly, tragic. Even now, even after sitting in a conference room in New York, they still don't get it. "Blind Guides" Jesus calls us when we're in leadership and leading people into darkness. The Summit illustrates that TEC still doesn't get it and is bent on walking into the dark. The thing is, they want to take keep the rest of us in the dark as well.
Until The Episcopal Church recognizes that the American unilateral innovations have consequences for the worldwide Anglican Communion and take responsibility for the harm it causes and continues to cause not only in our own congregations - which is enormous - but also abroad the crisis will continue.
Lord, lift this blindness from our eyes, that we may see Your face and hear Your Word, now in this dark and lonely hour.
bb
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2 comments:
To read this is to laugh. Just from the title which attempts to place the blame on one side.
There were two sides at the table. According to the reports, both sides made changes to the draft document overnight. The changes made somethig which was a draft agreement not an agreement.
There's plenty of blame to go around. Canon Kearon will be telling the ABC exactly what went on behind closed doors. He. at least, will know who was being unreasonable -- if not both sides.
"The significant point about the New York Summit is that the orthodox keep coming to the table, keep trying one last ditch attempt to see if there is some way for The Episcopal Church to stand down from the course it is determined to follow."
When for a minute have the Network ever approached TEC in good faith? It's all for show. The Netwrok came into the meeting with demands and expected them to be fufilled. That's pretty clear from statements made before and after.
Come Judgement Day, the orthodox will have a lot of splainin' to do.
No doubt, you won;t approve this message for posting.
Two years ago a friend's house burned to the ground. He and his family watched from a safe distance, thankful that they had escaped. I have some empathy as I watch TEC slowly break apart, from the safe compounds of my new home in the Lutheran Church. I looked at all the number of Episcopalians in my "New Member Course" last year, and how many more we've seen since then. I wonder how many Episcopal "refugees" are actually out there.
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