Oh my.

I see a contest in our near future.

Where’s my chainsaw??

Whut?  I was going to carve a relief mural.  What did you think I meant??

Sheesh.  Lighten up why doncha.

Baby blue gets the prise for original reporting in this multimedia age.
Where the Church historians reporting history or making it?

http://www.pwcweb.com/ecw

I tried to post my guess, George Washington, but the website didn’t take my comment

Looks like Dave Walker has some serious competition!

http://www.cartoonchurch.com/

P. S.
Baby Blue’s style reminds me of Raoul Dufy.

Dave Walker could certainly do a cartoon on new Episcopal Church worship spaces, with property deeds on screens instead of the Decalogue and Creed, with judge instead of minister, with stenographer and bailiff instead of acolytes, and with statute book instead of Holy Scripture.  No kneeling, but there is standing still ("all rise").  Certainly in many respects this is the new worship space for the modern Episcopal Church.

I am in Durham NC, but maybe I should drive up to northern VA tomorrow or the next day and join others there in prayer… Are orthodox believers from other parts of the country coming to northern VA to join in this battle?

FYI: The Truro Chapel (which is by the way a replica of the original 18th Century Payne’s Church, the Anglican Church in Fairfax before the Baptists took over the building after the Revolution and then lost during the Civil War) is open for prayer while court is in session.  Truro is located across the street from the Fairfax Court House (walking distance).  If you are in the neighborhood and can stop by to pray, please do!  You are welcome!

bb

Lesser-Known-Fact:  Baby Blue drew “Binky” and won a fabulous scholarship as a young teen, but turned it down to go to journalism school.  Ah, her gift was sacrificed and kept hidden from the world, that we might know the inner workings of all things East-Anglican…

After spending the day in court it is wonderful to be able to revisit the happenings of the day through BB’s wonderful description of the events.

Your comparison, VaAnglican, of the new worship space in the courtroom reminded me of BB’s paragraphs on John Yeates.  The Rev. Yeates took his judicial testimony right out of the courtroom setting and turned it into a testimony for the Lord.  At the time, I closed my eyes and prayed “Thank you, Jesus, for this opportunity to offer up the Truth for the thousands who are watching and waiting for answers from this trial”.

John did something else.  As noted, he was repeatedly reminded through questioning of his affirmation of the canons and constitution of the Episcopal Church at his ordinations.  Finally, he put one hand down firmly on the witness stand in front of him indicating the placement of that hand represented the bottom of the pile: the canons and constitution of ECUSA; he covered the lower hand with his other hand stating that represented the Book of Common Prayer; and then he forcefully laid the first hand on “the top of the pile” stating that was the Bible to which he would always be faithful.  A visual declaration of faith in a secular courtroom I will not forget.