Jake has a post up on stages of grief concerning the breakup of the Communion. I think it’s quite appropriate to think about it in those terms. One of the things that keeps coming to me as this whole thing proceeds is the odd realization that I’ll probably be the new “conservative” wing of TEC…

Following some comments at Joe’s place I fully intend to write up a full post on salvation and Baptism in reference to a question from obadiahslope. So far I have had neither the time nor the brain cycles to do so.

I still don’t.

So, my really short answer to his question—is baptism necessary for salvation—is “Yes”. …but there’s more to it than that. And I’ll write about it in a bit…