I've got a backlog few things I've been meaning to post, but here's one for now. From tomorrow's NY Times, an article: "Episcopalians are Reaching Point of Revolt." You can read the whole article online (registration required, free).
As many as eight conservative Episcopal churches in Virginia are expected to announce today that their parishioners have voted to cut their ties with the Episcopal Church. Two are large, historic congregations that minister to the Washington elite and occupy real estate worth a combined $27 million, which could result in a legal battle over who keeps the property.
This is more of the same sensationalist media view: things are breaking apart, disaster is in our midst, the church is going nowhere. Of course, some of that is true, in some places. But it's also true that most people, in most churches, most of the time just want to be the church. Most of us want to focus on mission, on conversion, on service, on grace, on repentance, on evangelism, on healing, on...doing the work of the Body of Christ. Alas, that story will never be in the NY Times.
I don't mean to brush over very real problems, but we Christians should not let our view of our church be controlled by commercial media.
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