I hope this doesn’t turn out to be a replay of that episode of The Office , the one about the rival Christmas parties. It would be just like Rowan Williams to hide the conservatives’ karaoke-machine power cord.
Meanwhile, Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori is taking it all in her stride .
Cheese. What does it mean? Cheese . . .
Double tonsure tip to Kendall Harmon .
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