Silence Regretted

http://captainyips.typepad.com/journal/2007/06/silence-regrett.html

[Captain Yips Secret Journal] 24 June 2007--So. Lot happening, what. Let’s start with Ann Holmes Redding, poor woman. There she is in the midst of her spirit journey, being led to Islam by Jesus (she says), then she gets laid off from her job as director of ed at Seattle’s St. Mark’s Cathedral (and just why did 100 fewer people pledge in 2007 than in 2006? That seems to be a 15% decline, kind of a lot for a flagship church. Couldn’t have had anything to do with GC2006, could it? Just asking, you know), then things get really bad. Everyone is picking on her.

I feel sorry for her, I really do, in multiple ways. First of all, for following a dead end path personally. Secondly, for the failures of formation, education, and guidance that enabled this woeful tale. Lastly, for The Episcopal Church as a whole. Having spent a couple of generations excising Christian Truth from the vocabulary of its leadership (but hush! Don’t tell the pew sitters, they still believe that stuff), it was inevitable that this sort of thing would happen. So embarrassing when it does. But if you empty out the house, something will move in.