The quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little and it will fail. But hope remains, if friends stay true- Lord of the Rings (the film version)

It is my goal to provide a place for members of and inquirers into the common cause movement to dream, plan, pray, and hope for a faithful place to be Anglican in North American. There are many places in the Anglican blogosphere to keep us up to date with the latest communiqué from Africa, England or God-forbid New York. There are fewer places to ponder what comes after the “current unpleasantness.” What will become of the various Anglican fragments? Are the skeptics right? Are we doomed to do what conservatives or “Protestants” always do? Will we eventually split after the common enemy of liberalism is defeated? What will victory look like? What are the nonnegotiables that are necessary to make common cause a viable church? What is failure? Is a federation of nongeographical groupings enough? What about mission and evangelism? Can we come to a common understanding of the sacraments and a respect for our diversity of worship?

I have a sufficiently high doctrine of sin to believe that the common cause movement can fail. The desire for power and having the biggest most influential jurisdiction could overcome the desire of the people on the ground. The people want unity. Is their a Boromir among us? In the coming weeks I will be doing a series on the events of the past four years. So much ink has been spilled that is it easy to forget what has been said and done since this movement began. Following that I would like to do an in-depth study of each of the members of the common cause movement. Who are these brothers and sisters to whom we are yoked? What are their stories? Who are their leaders? Hopefully from this we will emerge with a better understanding of our challenges and opportunities for the future. In the mean time pray for the church. Pray for the lost who do not know Jesus. Praise God that in some small way we have been counted worthy to participate in the redemption of all things through Jesus Christ our Lord.