tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10440952.post5420986840612874977..comments2023-12-27T14:54:22.671-08:00Comments on The Kew Continuum: The Future Means Mission, Mission, Mission, MissionRichard Kewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10917359509462320976noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10440952.post-68128221131451813492006-11-27T17:08:00.000-08:002006-11-27T17:08:00.000-08:00I'm a lifelong Episcopalian who is fed up with bot...I'm a lifelong Episcopalian who is fed up with both the liberals and conservatives within the church. The arrogance and absurd posturing would be comical if it were not so pathetic. If only humility were available in pill form and our bishops (and indeed all of us) would agree on such a perscription. As it is, I would argue that they (Episocopal -> governed by bishops) bear the primary responsibility for the sad state of the church today, which I feel is losing its integrity and spirituality. What is the Middle Way we should be following today? I used to know how to describe the Episcopal church to curious outsiders, but I no longer know quite what to say. It's sad because our tradition has so many great things to offer. Perhaps some day in the future our current controversies will seem as strange and beside-the-point as the passages about circumcision in the New Testament seem today (at least to me). But in the meantime, it's hard to know how a focus on mission can make sense if our own house is a bit of a mess. It's rather like inviting someone to dinner and then taking them to a cafeteria food fight. Actually, that might be rather fun, but it's not how I would want to eat on a regular basis.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com