Rowan Williams Has Spoken

So the Archbishop of Canterbury has issued his Advent Letter .

Just when you think he has come to some conclusion about TEC’s fragmentation, wherein entire dioceses are breaking away, his resolve devolves into mush: “I wish to pursue some professionally facilitated conversations between the leadership of The Episcopal Church and those with whom they are most in dispute . . . ” This after he apparently admitted that further discussion would be fruitless.

But perhaps I have not read it closely enough . . .

Tonsure Tip to Kendall Harmon .

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