Anglican Crisis (the Elephant in the Room)

Here is a nice presentation on the ECUSA (Episcopal Church of the United States of America) situation with regard to the current controversy; same sex union and an openly gay bishop.

I like his spinning tops and the use of the "RISK" board (LMAO a War Game Board hahahahaha). His summery is very simple but it helps with an neutral overview of how we got to today.

This is a complex issue, but I do agree that what we should strive for is unity in the Church.

What we should have is a stay on all same sex blessings, ordinations of openly gay bishops etc, and further discuss the Scripture, Tradition, experience of Reason and human sexuality in and out of the church, with the whole Church. We need to remember that we are just part of the Holy Catholic Church and should work at convincing the rest of the Church, if we are so inclined, that same sex blessings make sense and is not opposed to Scripture. If the Church (Roman Catholics, Greek / Russian Orthodox, Lutheran, Calvinist, Baptist and of course our own Anglican Communion, etc) is convinced then well and good, otherwise we may just be influenced by culture.

This issue is going to come up often as we approach General Synod, it is the major issue... "The Elephant in the Corner".

I do have views on this and mine is mostly "caution". Many say we have discussed this issue enough and now is the time to make a stand against the vast majority of the Church; more discussion is needed. We have to look at Scripture and all of us need to understand that there are many different interpretations. As I recently said at a funeral, the Father has prepared many rooms in heaven... that means there are many different people and different ways to meet Christ. Love is our basic principal, that and not to judge. Sin hinders us and separates us from God, but he still loves us even when we are "in" sin. He loves first. We need to respond by loving as well. But in all that we do as "Church" we need to remember that we are just a small part of the whole, yes we do have a room prepared for us, but we all live in the same Kingdom! Therefore we should take account of all our brothers and sisters in Christ.