a lively faith

Andrew Spurr has a reflection on dealing with the current controversies within the Anglican Communion, but from the perspective of a priest discussing it with students. (This is part of the Just Thinking commentaries on the Thinking Anglican site).

He writes:

We can consult scripture, but we cannot set up camp there, even if we could. Like the gospel writers, we have to take what we have heard and seen and go and live Christ’s world in this one, by living in peace and justice with my neighbours on this earth, whatever amount of confrontation, struggle, recognition and surrender that may involve.

Spurr remarks that his students are much more at ease at discussing gay people in the church than his generation.