Ok, suppose you had to write what you think happened Lambeth 2008 in 20 words or less, written as a headline. What would you say?
Mine is: Rowan Williams tries really hard himself; but is it too little too late for the Anglican Communion?
Ok, suppose you had to write what you think happened Lambeth 2008 in 20 words or less, written as a headline. What would you say?
Mine is: Rowan Williams tries really hard himself; but is it too little too late for the Anglican Communion?
Please note: entries above 20 words will be removed. And can we please go easy on the cynicism–unduly cynical or negative entries will go also.
Lambeth 2008: A Whimper, Not a Bang
Sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Lambeth 2008: Anglican Communion leader continues “Reign of Error”
A headline and subhead:
Lambeth 2008: Much talk; Debts climb; No resolution.
The Global South absent or ignored; America continues its ways.
“Come Let Us Reason Together” Says the Lord…..And Most Bishops
or
“Oh How Easily Are Bishops Made”
Lambeth: Prolonged Pointless Pontification Presents Prevarication Problems
Lambeth 2008: Low expectations yet still disappointed: Waiting for Godot.
Dilatory Bishops Allow Continental Drift to Continue
Lambeth Conference 2008: The Biggest News Is About Who Didn’t Come, What Didn’t Happen, And What Will Not Change.
So much purple, so little purpose….
Paris is Worth a Mass: Lambeth 2008’s Expedient Non-Decisions
Lambeth 2008: Dealing with or Avoidance of, the Reality of Schism in the Anglican Communion?
Lambeth participants engage in interfaith relations
(I’m borrowing from Bishop Keith Ackerman)
Was this not Bishop Peter Beckwith? Ed.
Archbishop Williams Fails to Morph into Pope; Conservatives Disappointed
Lambeth Conference 2008 Comes and Goes, Back to Business As Usual
[b]Bishops talk![/b]
Lambeth 2008: Anglican Communion Muddles Along
Lambeth-Is this a dagger which I see before me,
The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee;
(Macbeth, Act II sc i)
“Lambeth 2008: Much Ado about Nothing.”
THEY CAME, THEY LISTENED, THEY LEFT
“Some have wandered away and turned to meaningless talk … but they don’t know what they’re talking about.”
[1Tim1:6]
Lamebeth 2008: They stumbled upon their tongues and all who saw it shuddered (Ps 64:8, Revisionist Standard Version)
I’m torn between
“Weighed in the Scales and Found Wanting”
and
“Bishops Agree: Global Warming Biggest Problem Facing Mankind”
Bishops kick the can down the road; still unclear if Communion will kick the can as well.
I vote for #14 — sweet. ; > )
I wish I could outdo #14 :-).
Anglicanism is divided into three parts. I apoligize to my man J Ceasar. “Turn out the lights, the partys over”
Parishioners to Bishops who attended Lambeth 2008, “Y’all paid what for WHAT and you brought us back WHAT??”
Lambeth 2008: The Wisest Stayed Home
This would be in the restaurant reviews:
[blockquote] British cuisine struggles on: Indaba’s finish too heavy, Ubuntu to be served cold. [/blockquote]
Please, there have been too many cynical entries. This is part of the body of Christ we are speaking about, however fallible and struggling.
This is a challenge to be clever and concise.
3/4 of Anglican Bishops Enjoyed Meeting; No Formal Action
Williams’ Downfall: Invitation of American bishops to Lambeth ’08 against recommendations of Windsor Report and Primates’ Meeting.
Subtitle:
American Church commits to bless sinful behavior.
I thought you said “no cynicism,” but apparently you can’t tag the “orthodox” with the cynic label. Be true to what you say openly, rather than to code messages!
Lambeth – Veni, Vedi, Vichy
YBIC,
Phil Snyder
Fringe fails to shout down Global South – even absent provinces provide a roaring silence
Try No. 2:
Bishops talk, walk and balk
Lambeth ’08: No Change You Can Believe In!
Lambeth 2008: “Ring Around The Rosie” added to the Church Hymnal
Indaba daba doo!
Sing Along on the Chorus:
“They were those itsy bitsy teeny weeny, indaba-pointy-hat conveenies…and in their dorm rooms they want-ed to stay.” (Repeat).
(Toot, Toot)
From the tarmac to the cam-pus. From the campus to the Tent. From the Tent to the Market. And then they wanted to vent….,
because (Repeat the Chorus).
Dominant Gene in recessive Anglican pool.
How about what should be the most important headline:
Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda baptize 60,000 new Christians while others meet in Canterbury.
Lambeth 2008:Anglicans Commune
Lambeth 2008: One Communion, Under Therapy
A Lambeth “Indaba:” a Lot of Yada, Yada
Will the last bishop out the door please turn off the lights for the last time?
THEY CAME, THEY LISTENED, THEY LEFT really works for me.
You might just add: END OF STORY
Laodicean Lambeth Lambasted
Doing the Lambeth Lambaba
Lugubrious Lambeth Lurches Towards Limbo
Lambeth 2008: One Church Under Therapy
This is my Father’s world.
O let me ne’er forget
that though the wrong seems oft so strong,
God is the ruler yet.
Much Ado about Ado
Five million for 619 voices instead of ONE
Richard: Bishops kick the can, but will Communion kick the bucket?
Lambeth 08: Five more years anyone?
Oh man, #41 had me laughing pretty hard….
Lambeth 2008: Indaba-dabba-doo (little)
-with apologies to Hanna Barberra
oops – apologies to Chris Taylor, #41 – I hadn’t read all the way through.
Tec tried and found wanton. LM
“Despite the good faith efforts of many, no ready resolution for Anglican difficulties.”
Here’s another try, since Chris Taylor beat me to the Flintstones allusion:
Lambeth 2008 – Lots of Indaba Talk, but ‘The Troubles’ Persist as Both Sides Untransformed by Process
The Lambeth Games: Williams Wins the Gold in “Pretended to Mediate” and “Running a Conference Over Budget”.
Lambeth 2008: Vanity of Vanities
Archbishop Demonstrates What All Other Bishops Apparently Lack: Cruciform Patience
Lambeth: Anglicans Finally Solve Sound of One Hand Clapping Riddle!
Blogger’s Pre-Conference Decision to Disparage Whatever Lambeth Did Continues Unabated. Amazingly, Self-Fulfilling Prophecies Fulfilled.
Rome fiddles while Rowan burns.
He’s Got The Look: Rowan Williams Looks Like One Smart Anglican, Inspiring Deep Thought When Raising One Eyebrow.
“Lambeth ’08: Our Lady Of New York Wins Funniest Hat Contest Courtesy of LGBT Community”
Pre-/Mid-/Post-Lambeth Attacks on Archbishop Extend Hundreds of Anglicans’ Time in Purgatory by Decades
Bishops blow a fortune
Yet more committees form.
Issues fudged, little changes.
I guess its just the norm.
Several ideas:
1. And the band played on …
2. Council fathers’ gift to Communion: A box of fudge
Lee
Lambeth Conference proves ineffectual, Rowan Williams says he will take decisive action but few believe he will actually do so.
The way forward…Anglicanism
Lambeth 08: The Silence of the Lambs
Lambeth 08: Love means never having to say your sorry
Lambeth 08: Relationships are not enough!
A serious one: Lambeth 08: Lord have mercy, Christ have mercy, Lord have mercy. Amen.
Lambeth 08: A Reflection on the Irreconcilable
Lambeth 08: Indaba-palooza Produces Statement, but no Apparent Resolution
Lambeth 08: It coulda been woyse ….
Orthodox Agree With Susan Russell;
But Differ on Definition of “Muddles”
How about:
Lambeth Made Simple: Indabo, Indabas, Indabamat
Or
Daily Prophet: The Ministry of Magic assures the Magical Community That Voldemort has NOT returned.
[b]Bishopric Boondoggle a Boon to Nobody[/b]
The blessed T. S. Eliot:
[blockquote]This is the way the world ends,
this is the way the world ends,
this is the way the world ends;
not with a bang
but a whimper[/blockquote]
Better than anything I could come up with.
BECAUSE I WAS ASKED:
Re: #42.
You sing it to the tune of “Itsy Bitsy Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini”.
Geeesh.
*82 Eclipse–How about “Magical Mystery Tour Heads Home”?
Fat Lady Sings “Nearer My God to Thee”
Re #42 and 85: That’s actually “Itsy-bitsy Teeny-weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Bikini” — Are most of us old enough to remember it?
Thanks for a great laugh!
Lambeth Walked
Gone-and forgotten.
David Keller :
LOL!
How about –
Stark Trek Convention Ends: Ferengies rake in big bucks, Klingons hang about building, and Interglactic Translator breaks down due to gross misuse
Lambeth 2008:
Much Pomp, Little Circumstamce!
#62 Larry M-How about “TEC Fried and Found Wonton”?
How about: “Striking a Blow for Global Warming, Bishops Walk to Lunch”
Indaba Dada Yields Nada.
Without cynicism: “Lambeth 2008 – the conversation continues”
A Waste of Time and Money!
They good folk at Lambeth 2008 came to a fork in the road and they took it.
Robb
I think the [b][i] telegraph.co.uk [/b][/i] just came up with it:
The once-a-decade gathering of Anglican bishops from around the world, was branded an “expensive exercise in futility”
What Lambeth conference?
“Exotic and irrational entertainment” survives yet more slings and arrows; tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps on . . .
(With apologies to Samuel Johnson and William Shakespeare, but who could be a more fitting source for headlines?)
The Anglican Communion came to a fork in the road … and took it. Lord, send us your Spirit.
Wasn’t it a [i]spork[/i] in the road?
Don’t Fall Apart – Stick Together
[b]103: montanan -[/b]
But then you would have to change it:
The Anglican Communion came to a spork in the road … and didn’t know quite what to do….
Lambeth Conference Publishes new cookbook: 101 NEW recipes for Fudge
“Laaaaaambeth, the Sheepish Conference, Laaaaaambeth, the Sheepish Conference…”
(for fans of old animation – “Lambert, the Sheepish Lion”)
Nothing was planned and in the end nothing happened.
with apologies to Neil Sedaka:
“Indaba down dooby doo down down,
Breaking up is hard to do!”