Following the Episcopal Church’s General Convention through the newspapers alone is to be ill informed about what’s actually been happening there. For that we need blogs. I’ve come to rely on one maintained by the conservative rector of Holy Cross church in South Carolina. Here’s his latest dispatch from the front lines of Progressive Christianity. In one priceless section, he relates what members of the House of Deputies got up to yesterday:

When we continued legislation we stated our opposition to harmful chemicals, our solidarity with Palestinians, our quest for peace, and on and on. After two hours of this, my lack of sleep from last night begin to start interacting with my mononucleosis. I had to leave and lie down. While I was gone, we continued on in vain, in the same vain [sic]. We were discussing a resolution expressing our sympathy to women in Afghanistan. The presenter of the resolution suggested we send them greetings and refer them to some Episcopal Church websites on women’s issues.