Here’s what I said on Sunday.
I ask you. Which sounds more fun – the fleshpots of Egypt or wandering aimlessly in the desert?
It is not hard to have some sympathy with the children of Israel. Moses and Aaron have led them away from a life which was unfair though one which was mundane and familiar. And they have led them – not to the promised land – not yet anyway, but to the desert.
The wilderness. The desert. The place where there is emptiness. (more…)
The absolute honesty and humility with which your Primus in SEC conducts himself is an inspiration to me, a retired but active A.C. priest in ACANZP, whose experience of some bishops has been less than inspirational. SEC, and its historic links with TEC in North America have encouraged me to believe that God is truly the God of Love – rather than of canonical obedience and rules and regulations.
Thanks for these glimpses of the authenticity of Anglicanism in Scotland.
“Lang may yer lum reek!”
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