Words of wisdom from across the pond.

The Primate of All Ireland, the Most Rev'd. Alan Harper was quoted recently by Christianity Today. See the article here and view his complete sermon here. He is expressing serious doubts about the proposed Anglican covenant as a tool of division rather than a instrument of unity. And he is not the only one expressing doubt. The Archbishop wisely states...

....Recently, I preached at the installation of the first of the ecumenical canons to be admitted to the Chapter of the National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Patrick, Dublin. What struck me then, and what strikes me still, is how immensely difficult it is and how immensely long it takes in the life of the Church, to recover unity amongst Christians, once we have allowed ourselves wantonly to collapse into disunity....How hard it is to heal the wounds of the past and how slow. How swiftly we become blind to and dismiss those with whom we disagree and from whom we determine to separate. Blind to the insights and revelation granted to others, belittling or dismissing their perspectives, we consciously limit the horizon of our own vision and experience. Indeed, we create a new boulder behind which we expect to find interred a lifeless corpse, not a living tradition....

Amen brother!