I enjoyed Paul Levy’s rollicking
post
on Reformation21 the other day about the current election campaign among Sydney
Anglicans for our next Archbishop—particularly the bit where he referred to
The Briefing as one of the unfortunate gifts that Sydney has inflicted
upon the world. For a mob of upstart colonials like us, having someone from the
Mother Country even acknowledge our existence causes an involuntary touch of the
forelock. But to admit that we have become the means of God’s grace to the Brits
by being a thorn in their flesh—this is a compliment beyond telling. (I will ask
our British distributors to inflict a life-time gift Briefing subscription upon
Paul as a mark of appreciation.)
But Paul’s main point was to ponder the strange business of Sydney’s imminent
election of a new Archbishop. His perspective was that of a slightly bemused
outsider, and I can hardly blame him for that. I sometimes find the culture of
Sydney Anglican evangelicalism bemusing, and I’ve been here for all of my adult
life. I thought it might be helpful for our many friends around Australia and
overseas to provide an insider’s guide to the forthcoming election.
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