Reflecting on a "blogging" Lambeth

ALI SYMONS
GENERAL SYNOD WEB WRITER

AUGUST 12, 2008 -- When Bishop Sue Moxley got back to Halifax after the Lambeth Conference, she was surprised at how popular her blog (online journal) had been. People in her diocese, particularly those under 35, were quite excited, and friends further afield, in Ireland and South Africa, had enjoyed keeping up. "Even when I went to get my hair cut, the hairdresser had been reading it!" she said.

Bishop Moxley was one of dozens of bishops who blogged during this once-a-decade meeting of all Anglican bishops in Canterbury, England. No one knows exactly how many of the 670 bishops in attendance were blogging. Some were linked officially to their provinces (the Episcopal Church had 8 official bloggers, for instance), but many more blogged from their diocesan websites, or independently. Most bloggers represented the Global north. the rest