2007 Prognostications

Thinking Anglicans points us to Stephen Bates' View from Fleet Street in which "the League of Pear-Shaped Religious Affairs Correspondents - Petre, Morgan, Doughty and myself - draw our armchairs closer to the hearth at Blakely Towers to discuss the articles we hope to write in the coming year and make our prognostications for coming church events." Here's a couple:

...FEBRUARY:

Anglican primates meet in Dar es Salaam. US presiding bishop Jefferts-Schori arrives at the hotel pool to find her lounger has already been annexed by Bishop Martyn Minns who tells her that he has the support of 150 million loyal Anglican evangelicals for doing so. During a sermon, Archbishop Rowan Williams produces an instantly understandable sentence...

...JUNE:

Evangelical Alliance calls for Christmas to be moved to Mid-Summer to make it more relevant to people who don't go to church. The Rev Giles Fraser takes a vow of silence ... for five minutes. US Episcopal Church observes midsummer solstice as a means of being inclusive of druids...

Smiles don't hurt, and, best of all, they're free.

J.