As part of the agreement, I have assured Bishop Lee that I will not perform any "episcopal acts" within the boundaries of the Diocese of Virginia through January 1, 2007. In other words, I will respect his jurisdiction and not conduct confirmations or ordinations in Virginia during this time.

I am very grateful for Bishop Lee's generosity in making these rather unusual arrangements and pleased that we have found a way forward that brings glory to God and honors His Church.

It all looked so innocuous and disarmingly bourgeois. But if you went inside to browse, before long you noticed another section, behind the books, a section not visible from the street. The pornography section. Hundreds and hundreds of pornographic videos, all involving men, but otherwise catering to every conceivable sexual taste or fantasy. And you would notice something else too. There were no customers in the front. All the customers were in the back, rooting through the videos.

In the midst of all the denial, both liberal and conservative in the American church, it is refreshing to see leaders of the Global South functioning with eyes wide open and available to the Lord.

TEA would replace the scheme based on the PEV or flying bishop who is responsible to the diocesan bishop for carrying out his ministry. It was widely thought however that the present scheme would be unworkable with a woman in post as a diocesan bishop. TEA would introduce a new type of bishop called the Provincial Regional Visitor or PRV who, though exercising his ministry in one or more dioceses, would be responsible to the appropriate archbishop of a province.