Traditional Anglican ping, continued in memory of its founder Arlin Adams. Which, conveniently, absolves the good Bishop from having to worry about folks having any near-real-time knowledge of the meeting he's co-convening... not to mention being able to read about any of the other important meetings going on this month.
The most serious failure of the Episcopal Bishops has been an utter lack of clear, honest, and open communication about what they've been up to. Frank Griswold's gauzy bafflegab hid an awful lot of ugliness which has since come to light, and threatens to destroy the Episcopal Church.
An openness to the councils of the church would no doubt have allowed us to avoid the sorts of heresies that grow unseen, sorta like mold growing in the folds of an extremely fat person....
Like this?
Somebody has to tell the bishop that since the early seventies when the ordination of women was brought up, in fact since the 30's, when the use of Artifical Birth Control was brought up, people have been "prophesying" the acceptance of homosexuality in the Anglican Communion. It is a typical Us Episcopal rope-a-dope to say, "Now, now, you can't hurry God. Compose your soul in patience ....."
God has made it pretty clear, the "prophesies" were fulfilled, and yet this week I got an invitation to join my seminary class a convocation where before the attempteed consecration of Vicki Gene the female homiletics professor had a live-in female significant other.
The Bishop is not paying attention. While he counsels patience, his church is being pulled out from under him.
If he thinks we can't hurry God on the ordination of perverts, then what is he saying to those bishops who are racing to court to forestall the traditionalists from taking their church buildings with them? Is God more patient with perversion than He is with real estate?