The Rt. Rev. William Anderson, Bishop of Caledonia, draws a parallel between the global financial crisis and the divisions now rending the Anglican Communion.
Those who for years had been urging a more prudent approach to financial affairs were usually dismissed as too conservative, too cautious, and too outdated in their thinking. A great many people followed the herd in making investments that were ill-advised, but which they thought would make them rich. And now we have a major financial crisis that touches on the lives of virtually ever person around the world.Let me suggest that there is a parallel within our lives as a church which should cause us to stop and think carefully about what we are doing. For several years now there have been many who have urged us to throw off the older approach of being cautious in how we define and express our faith, and to simply embrace new theological ideas that are not grounded in Holy Scripture, the Apostolic teachings, and the traditions of the church catholic. Their promise is that by embracing the newly defined Christianity, we will be happier, and our experience of God will be less laden with guilt. We will, in the end, be able to define our faith individually according to what we want to believe, regardless of how nonsensical the ideas.
It shouldn’t be a surprise that this approach has given rise to a crisis with our church. Not surprisingly, the chaos in the financial markets is not unlike the chaos within our Anglican Communion. The activities of a few have hurt many, and created mistrust, anxiety and heartache throughout the world.
Read the whole thing on page 2 of The Caledonia Times, November 2008 (pdf).
h/t: Michael Daley at Anglican Comment
According to the Anglican Journal News Fred is off to Egypt, Kenya, Burundi, and Costa Rica. I went to a site called edreams.com and checked prices which I converted from Euros to Canadian.
Toronto to Alexandria $1500
Alexandria to Kenya $750
Kenya to Burundi $475
Burundi to Costa Rica $8000 (there is no short cut)
Total $10,725 and thats just one person, assuming Paul F is going and maybe a few more, do the math. That doesn’t include hotels, meals and what ever else.
I expect him to show up at Alexandria to explain why he has driven the Canadian church to crisis but when you are operating at a deficit, think first about the rest. Will your presence in these countries will make a difference?