At present, I can say that I am thankful for my health and relative well-being, yet in the midst of a pandemic it almost seems as though just by stating this I am tempting fate. Indeed, so much for which we might consider giving thanks, such as jobs, homes, health, etc., are remarkably transient, especially in the current situation. Increasingly, much for which I give thanks seems to belong to the realm of memory.

The Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer comprise the basic theological doctrines of the Anglican Communion. The Catechism or official doctrines are remarkably orthodox and could be enthusiastically embraced by Catholics, evangelicals, charismatics, and even Messianic Jews.

4. What is needed is a journey of "love and faith", in which those who share the same faith in Christ but with a wide variety of views on sex and marriage walk together in learning and exploration, not confronting, but learning and exploring together in an attitude of mutual caring, being "open to the Holy Spirit who may provide surprises" (this phrase was used by a member of the LLF team in a recent Q&A session).

Freedom, liberty and the brotherhood of all men, precious not only in France but throughout the western world, flow from Christianity. It's Christianity's insistence on a personal relationship with God and an internalizing of his moral demand on us that led to the primacy of the person and of conscience in western thought -- this is Larry Siedentop's insight in his Inventing the Individual.