Everyone’s writing about the big issues in the communion: homosexuality, schism, Lambeth, GAFCON, the global South, post-colonialism, the covenant, etc
These are a big deal, sure, but in the meantime, nobody is really writing about, well, Jesus. Or anything else. It’s not that I expect people to pretend that the big happenings aren’t happening, but as I’m more and more certain that Anglicanism is the direction for me, I’m eager to engage in conversations about theology, about spirituality, about God, about prayer, about Church history, about the Bible, about liturgy, about Christian life, about the environment, about poverty, about war, about government. About poetry, art, mythology, history, music, anything. There’s so much that is informed by faith that is worth talking about.
Instead, it’s all Church politics, all the time. It’s disappointing. Maybe Anglicans, especially in countries like mine where church membership is low and dropping, need to hear this: nobody’s going to want to join a church when the only issue is internecine politics. Even those who do, like me, are finding it difficult to stay enthusiastic.
Sailing to Byzantium 