August 19, 2006

Wannabes

Somebody on the cyberwire reminded us the other day of Golda Meir’s oft-quoted, “Peace will come to the Middle East when the Arabs (Muslims, terrorists, Palestinians, fill in the blank) learn to love their children more than they hate us.” ‘Tis an apt statement and a winsome idea, one with a bit of modifying which we churchers might well take to heart.

One way might be the country music poet’s “if you can’t be with the one you love, love the one with you’re with.” We Anglophiles keep writing reports and resolutions to a fare-the-well, all the while dodging the slings and arrows of love and justice that end up falling by the way. [Some of us are pretty good at mixing metaphors, too.]

On the other hand, maybe the Anglican Way has had its day. Queen Elizabeth tried to tell us that it’s not all that easy to balance God and neighbor and self and still keep an open eye on the Vatican wannabes in the next pew.

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