In its search for 'relevance', the Anglican Church is losing relevance
In its search for 'relevance', the Anglican Church is losing relevance
The Anglican church seems to have forgotten why people go to church
By Tim Stanley
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/
November 21st, 2012
Being cruel to Anglicans is about as low as kicking a puppy. The Anglican Church does a lot of good for a lot of people and its presence in British public life forces debates about politics and social policy to be a bit more reflective than they would otherwise be. It is also capable of profound beauty. Village churches are arks of Englishness: neatly stacked Books of Common Prayer, hard wooden pews, a perfume of human breath and burning wax, a Union Jack hung above a shrine to the fallen. I pray that the Church of England is never disestablished, for I feel about these temples in the same way that I do public libraries. I never visit them, but it brings me comfort to know that they are there.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
The Anglican church seems to have forgotten why people go to church
By Tim Stanley
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/
November 21st, 2012
Being cruel to Anglicans is about as low as kicking a puppy. The Anglican Church does a lot of good for a lot of people and its presence in British public life forces debates about politics and social policy to be a bit more reflective than they would otherwise be. It is also capable of profound beauty. Village churches are arks of Englishness: neatly stacked Books of Common Prayer, hard wooden pews, a perfume of human breath and burning wax, a Union Jack hung above a shrine to the fallen. I pray that the Church of England is never disestablished, for I feel about these temples in the same way that I do public libraries. I never visit them, but it brings me comfort to know that they are there.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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