A special undercover investigation has revealed that Justin’s Welby’s Father, who is well-known now to have been a sort of Walter Mitty character, not only reinvented himself numerous times but changed his name on multiple occasions. His real family name was in fact Thyme.
There are possibilities, also, that Justin Thyme has a secret and unknown half-brother Steppen Thyme but these are as yet uncorroborated.
If only he were Justin Thyme for the Anglican Communion, or even for his national church, but I fear not …
We’ll see, Katherine.
This whimsical addition to the blog introduces some welcome levity. Richard Foster’s superb classic, Celebration of Discipline, included the discipline of celebration as one of the twelve spritual habits that we Christians need to cultivate. For as Foster rightly noted back in 1978, the more serious and earnest we are as followers of Christ, the more we are tempted to take an overly serious (humorless) approach to life in general, making us not very fun to be around. And that’s a shame, because joy is one of the fruits of the Spirit, and the unquenchable joy that constantly wells up in a healthy Christian’s heart is a very winsome thing, much needed in our gloomy and depressing world.
Personally, my hope is that Justin comes to his senses Just in Time and aligns himself firmly and unquivocally with the cause of Christian orthodoxy. We’ll see.
David Handy+