Continuing Indaba uses journeys to establish relationships and build community so that genuine conversation on matters of significance can energise mission.
I would like to congratulate the writer on cramming an unprecedented concentration of clichés into one sentence: journeys, relationships, community, conversation, significance, energise and mission are all there – although it’s a shame he missed trajectory and go deeper.
In the spirit of robust obfuscation, the sentence could be describing anything from a seniors’ knitting club on a long cruise to a morale boosting – it’s actually called “team building“ now – IBM sales meeting at an expensive golf resort.
What it actually is, is a liberal diversion aimed at lulling unwary conservatives into a conversational stupor while, behind the scenes, the real work is done: Continuing Machinations to bring to pass everything the conservatives disagree with.
For those convinced that with a new Archbishop of Canterbury things would change, the first photograph that appears on the site might be something of a disappointment:
The second holds more promise: a Canada goose. We are trying to get rid of them because they poop on everything:
Surely he also missed “ongoing”, “dialoguing”, “networking”; maybe even “future-proofing” could have been worked in … and there are surely more …
The one major problem is the method the ABC is selected. It is my understanding that the House of Bishops present their choice to the government and the government has the final say. In this case any selection would ensure the government would accept. In view of this you can only expect the ABC will follow the desires of the government. Tragically we will probably never see an ABC with the qualifications and convictions of some previous ABC’s such as William Temple. Rather than attempting to placate the government the church should be showing leadership. My personal assessment is that the new ABC would like to be orthodox but will not to avoid conflicts with the government.