A brief perusal of the diocesan rag reveals:
The diocese voted by 80% laity and 70% clergy to bless same-sex liaisons, demonstrating the lemming like instinct of catering to 0.69% of couples at the expense of 99.31% of couples. This calls for a “we are the 99.31%” Occupation initiative.
The bishop is telling everyone not to worry: she wouldn’t do so if there were not good reasons to worry.
The diocese is convinced that the Gospel has a more than infinitesimally tenuous connection to the Five Marks of Mission.
The bishop makes much of “walking together” and “finding common ground” – clearly, she didn’t notice how well that worked for Rowan Williams.
Apparently, the diocese has “embraced a proactive approach to ministry”; it obviously believes that committing verbicide in the interests of maximising incoherence is going to help.
The expected clichés are scattered with abandon throughout the paper: “standing together against global injustice”; “sustain and renew the life of the earth”; “safeguarding creation”; “transforming unjust structures of society”; “fair trade diocese” …. And so on, forever and ever awomen.
All that is missing is the only thing that is needed: a desire to bring people to reconciliation with God the Father through the atoning sacrifice of God the Son in order that they might attain life everlasting.
I trust that ANIC / ACNA had a booth set up outside the synod so that departing parishes could sign up as they left.
Ah well. They know where we are.