Common Cause

Bishop Richard Boyce oversees the Diocese of the West within the Anglican Province in America (APA), a continuing Anglican church of which Blessed Trinity Alpine (Fr. Keith Acker) is a part. Not long ago, APA leadership announced that APA would be pulling back from it's original approach to Common Cause Partners, apparently due to clamoring from below (clergy & lay) and ostensibly due to the particular issue of women's ordination.

Today, local Anglican blogger, The Beadle, has posted an anticipated letter from Bishop Boyce urging APA to sign on for now with Common Cause. The brief message is a fairly concise outline addressing each of the various concerns dissenters among APA faithful may have. I found it to be the kind of helpful, plain speak we don't hear enough of from Anglican bishops these days.   (read more...)