The Archbishop of Canterbury was kept to a tight schedule of private meetings, photo opportunities, and two public addresses — a 20-minute lecture on the world economic crisis on July 8, and his sermon the following day. Dr Williams took no questions from the press, nor mixed with the deputies, cocooned throughout his American stay.
The controlled and distant environment in Anaheim was far different from his last visit to the Episcopal Church. At the 2007 meeting of the House of Bishops Dr Williams was upbraided for his pusillanimity by the Bishop of New Hampshire and other supporters of the progress wing of the church, for having banned Bishop V Gene Robinson from Lambeth 2008, and for not having the courage of his convictions to act upon his published beliefs on sexual ethics.
The Anaheim trip however provided no opportunity for public expressions of censure, with the agenda confined to private meetings with Presiding Bishop Jefferts Schori, the President of the House of Deputies Bonnie Anderson and her Council of Advice, a youth delegation, and eight “gay” deputies to General Convention.
Kept his foot out of his mouth, at least, thus far…………………
“a 20-minute lecture on the world economic crisis. . .”
I watched the video and was totally amazed by his presentation. There’s nothing quite like having someone pontificate on “living in poverty,” when in fact, he himself resides in a palace and has never known the common man’s life, nonetheless abject poverty.
This appeared to me to be little more than a silver spoon intellectual attempt at addressing a condition his is not familiar with.
Tell me, is this a prime example of authentic Christian (read: “Christ like”) witness for the Church in the 21st Century?