Sunday, July 06, 2008

Dr Rowan Williams stands tall in the Church

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/opinion/main.jhtml?xml=/opinion/2008/07/07/do0702.xml

[Telegraph] 6 Jul 2007--WARNING! Do not attempt to drink coffee or other beverages or to consume food while reading this article!!

It was a little after half past ten when the Archbishop of Canterbury shuffled up the steps of the pulpit in York Minster to address the hushed congregation.

After six years in the post, this could well become a defining moment for Dr Rowan Williams - the time when the real Archbishop appeared before his Church.

He has been weighed down by the crises that have engulfed the Anglican communion virtually ever since his arrival at Lambeth - pulled this way and that by the warring factions in the battles over homosexuality and women bishops.

Today, however, he grew in stature as the sermon went on, emerging by the end of it as the leader that the Anglican communion so desperately needs - compassionate yet direct and vulnerable yet firm.

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