Fluff and Blather from the HOB
Matt Kennedy+

This will only be a partial commentary on the House of Bishops, Word to the Church, issued yesterday. I intended to write a full commentary but found the statement was almost entirely taken up with fluff and blather.

Nevertheless, here we go:
"….In Lent God calls us to examine our hearts and renew our companionship with the One who offered himself for the salvation of the world. We are very conscious of the larger context in which we gather and deliberate: in a country where the disparity between rich and poor persists, where we struggle to rebuild lives and communities along the Gulf Coast, a country whose daughters and sons are serving at war overseas. Increasingly we are aware that we represent not a single national church, but one richly comprising congregations in fifteen countries. We wish to share with you something of our journey with Christ during these days of our meeting together."

One of the more interesting forms of denial in which the Episcopal hierarchy has engaged over the last few years has been the desperate head-burying in liberation theology. The more difficult relations become Communion-wide, the more Episcopalian leaders anxiously “speak out” about war, racism, the poor etc. the rest