How we spend our time

Episcopalians sometimes complain that all anybody ever learns about our Church is that it is conflicted over the issue of homosexuality. It is almost impossible, this line of argument goes, to get the mainstream media interested in other facets of our life. But every once in a while, a hometown newspaper simply shows up and offers some fairly straightforward coverage of Episcopalians being Episcopalian, and it is a welcome relief. In that spirit, we point you toward the Hattiesburg American’s coverage of the Diocese of Mississippi’s annual council, which was, reportedly, “grand.”