We have one or two crucial sessions left and then we leave here with a landscape entirely redefined most likely without anything [really meaningful and clear] having been said.
–From a bishop participating in Lambeth not long ago
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The landscape will be formed by those with the shovels, backhoes, bulldozers and the will to put them in motion.
The landscape is already being radically transformed, but not by Lambeth. Lambeth is determined to do nothing, which is exactly what was promised from the start. The landscape will be transformed by a portion of bishops who attended Lambeth, and the over 250 who were wise enough not to show up at all. If you’re looking for change, Lambeth was never the place to look, Jerusalem was, and that’s where serious change began in June. GAFCON will drive the pace of change from this point forward, the historic Communion and the ABC will simply be reacting to the new realities as they are able. In part change will also be driven by TEC, which will plough ahead with same-sex blessings, more consecrations of gay bishops, and, of course, many more law suits.
I think what the bishop is saying is similar to my comment here:
http://new.kendallharmon.net/wp-content/uploads/index.php/t19/article/15096/
“There will likely be less substance coming out of Lambeth 2008 than the muffled incoherent sounds of adult conversation on a Charlie Brown video.”
#2, precisely.
Since this Lambeth has been a complete waste of time and money, I am wondering if it will be the last one as we know it…and should we be saying “good riddance.” Hell, the way England is going, maybe the next one will be at Mecca.