The issues which are \u201craising their heads\u201d\u009d in the communion were discussed as well. Bishop Brooks remarked with great regret that so much energy is placed on issues of sexuality while the \u201creal matter of advancing God’s Kingdom is being treated as an aside.\u201d\u009d He hopes very much that at the Lambeth Conference we may come to \u201ca place where we can have a common mind and move forward.\u201d\u009d But this is, as he remarked, very much threatened, if we behave in a disingenuous manner to each other. I think, if I understand Bishop Brooks rightly, he is suggesting that there is a crisis of confidence in the communion caused by the fact that people \u201care not afraid to say things and not keep their word.\u201d\u009d When he was young, he was always taught that \u201ca man’s word is his bond.\u201d\u009d It is necessary he said, to \u201cturn on the light in the dark places.\u201d\u009d<\/b><\/p>\n