At first I felt the language of economics to be demeaning to the saving activity of the church and recoiled against it. This was convenient, because it permitted me to overlook my failures as a religious entrepreneur. It was expedient for a young professional used to functioning in a setting insulated from the world of real problems and solutions. It reflected the earlier prejudice of my college years that economic self-interest was simply another name for greed.

The way in which British society and its legal traditions have developed a wholeness about them, is open to evolution, but should not be interfered with lightly. Although some of the Christian basis of society and of law have recently been eroded, our public doctrine of marriage and family, for example, remain founded on a Christian view of relationships between men and women and the rights and obligations of each party.

Each week for five long years now, people have become numb with sadness in their expectation that the ABC would finally lead the Anglican Communion in one direction or another. The fabric of the Anglican Communion has been torn and the ABC seems to be unwilling to repair the damage. The people in the pews overall see Episcopal leadership to be all talk and no action unless, of course, it is another so-called process (now currently called the covenant process) or another courtroom appearance.

Repentance has not happened. Instead we are involved in an extended period of delay. Obviously, many hope that we will all learn to live with the innovations of consecrating actively homosexual bishops and blessing same-sex marriages. Just as the general culture has been led to believe that the biblical standards concerning human sexual activity are completely outmoded, so Christians are expected gradually to come to terms with the world.