Anglicanism was never meant to be robes and chants for their own sake. It was meant to be a way of being the Church: rooted in common prayer, shaped by shared doctrine, and carried forward in mission.
Living with tension has never been easy, but it has often been fruitful. Time has a way of clarifying what is central and what is secondary, and tension has a way of forcing us to depend on grace rather than power. Together, they have preserved us before, and they may preserve us again.
Compromise. Balance. Tension. These aren’t bugs. They’re features.
So perhaps the lesson of history is this: we do not need to settle everything today. We need only hold fast to Christ, to one another, and to the mission set before us.
If we do, time and tension may yet prove to be our strength—the means by which God steadies His Church and carries the gospel to the world.
Each day’s work at The College of Bishops '25 was concluded with Evening Prayer during which personal testimonies were shared. Bishop Eric Menees of the Anglican Diocese of San Joaquin share his testimony here https://t.co/PZt9eo08Lc or listen here https://t.co/lfcBMvmp7y. pic.twitter.com/uCVceyP6Tg
— ACNA (@The_ACNA) February 3, 2025