Trusting the spirit.Dear editor, The Anglican Journal is a treasure that waxes and wanes. The December issue waxes with more reports than one can easily take in due to the many issues facing the Anglican Church of Canada. I particularly appreciate the fact that the Journal has an independent editorial policy not directed by General Synod The General Synod is the title of the governing body of some church organizations. Church of England In the Church of England, General Synod was instituted in 1970 and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church of England that had or the Council of General Synod (COGS These are all the Cogs found in Disney's Toontown Online. Names that are moved forward are leaders of the HQ of that specific Cog type. Bossbots
in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. storefront will close) that there are calls to re-examine re·ex·am·ine also re-ex·am·ine tr.v. re·ex·am·ined, re·ex·am·in·ing, re·ex·am·ines 1. To examine again or anew; review. 2. Law To question (a witness) again after cross-examination. this policy, "which publishes only bad news," to "a resource that reflects positive stuff, that does not continually drain huge resources." The last thing Anglicans need is a house organ house organ n. A periodical published by a business organization for its employees or clients. Noun 1. house organ - a periodical published by a business firm for its employees and customers that reflects only what General Synod wants us to know. The value of the Journal lies in its independence as the only informed source that keeps the feet of the bureaucracy to the fire. It seems that most of the bad news actually emanates from General Synod and COGS. Examples abound in the issue. Church to sell its option to move (p.6), reads like a French farce. First you make the disastrous decision to close the bookstore because of its poor location and lack of parking, then you decide that you do not need to take up the option to move the store to a better location because of the recommendation to shut down the storefront operations, even if this would have provided better visibility and parking facilities. One can almost see the cogs in the bureaucratic bu·reau·crat n. 1. An official of a bureaucracy. 2. An official who is rigidly devoted to the details of administrative procedure. bu minds turning. But lack of parking and visibility were not the downfall of the ABC storefront. Mismanagement mis·man·age tr.v. mis·man·aged, mis·man·ag·ing, mis·man·ag·es To manage badly or carelessly. mis·man  age·ment n. at the upper levels was! General Synod's
lack of vision is entirely to blame for the death of Toronto's
oldest bookstore.
For more bad news you only have to read Bishop Sue Moxley's views on the Letting Down the Nets initiative. She suggests that it was unreasonable to expect the program to produce financial results in two years. A fund-raising program that needs infusions of cash for its operation without showing positive returns in two years is a failure. Is this another example of timidity Timidity See also Cowardice. Alden, John (c. 1599–1687) too timid to ask for Priscilla’s hand in marriage. [Am. Lit.: “The Courtship of Miles Standish” in Benét, 230] Bergson, Emil in not appointing a competent person to head the initiative? All this against the background of Reginald Bibby's assessment that church attendance is up to 31 per cent in 2005 from 26 per cent in 1995 (Faith on the rise among boomers). The church is growing and the powers-that-be are shutting down all kinds of programs. So much for trusting the Spirit. Willem Hart Toronto |
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