Kirkepiscatoid

Sad news--Fr. Jake is hanging up his cleats--at least as far as his present blog is concerned. It's a loss to the blogosphere, fer sure. But I understand a piece of how Jake must feel at this point.

Jake's blog, in the earlier years of its existence was far more full of spiritual content and less full of the internal squabbles over inclusion in the Anglican world. He had a very wonderful way of looking at his spirituality, and his theology was strongly based in the "spirituality of the school of hard knocks." I could identify with him on a lot of those fronts.

But, over time, it became more filled with present tensions within the Anglican Communion over inclusion of women and GLBT folks in the leadership of the church. Good stuff, but the comments section started to be filled with spats between the "re-asserters" and the "re-appraisers". I started staying away because there was too much personal PTSD for me. It started reminding me of childhood days at the supper table, wondering when the explosion would happen that ruined our dinner and when the beatings would commence. It took me DECADES to decide that God was not lurking behind the bush, ready to spring on me and kick my ass over ever transgression or evil thought I had. I did not need to hear the so-called "orthodox Anglican" (more like "imperious Anglican") crowd dictating to me "what the Bible says" and cluttering up Jake's good articles, so I decided to quit being a regular.

But I have a feeling that might be a part of why Jake decided to move on. All this was happening right at HIS supper table. I can identify with that. Godspeed, Jake.

So...that leaves a hole for another link on this blog. I decided to add three...Susan Russell's "An Inch at a Time", FranIAm, and Mark Harris' "Preludium". All excellent blogs. Enjoy!