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A hastily-arranged, surreptitious meeting of two subversive Anglican bloggers took place recently in an East Side Mario’s on the west side of Edmonton. (So as to throw the opposition off the trail.) Here’s a photo of the dangerous duo.
On the right is Rev Joseph Walker, Anglican chaplain at the University of Alberta, who runs the consistently insightful and intelligent blog felix hominum. The fellow on the left is me; I run the marginally relevant and excessively idiosyncratic blog that you’re reading right now. (Photo taken by the StatWife.)
Since the family and I were going to spend a few days in Edmonton on our way back from The Big Apple, I thought it might be a good opportunity to meet Joe, whose blog I’ve followed for quite some time now. So, I contacted him by e-mail, and we made the arrangements.
Since it was a get-acquainted meeting, Joe, the StatWife, and I shared the stories of our spiritual journeys over a meal of East Side Mario’s best. Joe is one of those Christians of whom I am in awe because he is doing so many good things for the Lord. Not only is he ordained, his is a campus ministry with a significant outreach focus. He encourages students to participate in Christian life in many ways, both inside and outside traditional church settings. He mentioned Habitat for Humanity and the sol café. (A few more are listed in the right sidebar at his blog.) Not only that, he and his wife have four young children, and he says they’re thinking of adopting another.
And me? Well, I just warm a pew and snipe incoherently from the sidelines.
As we were preparing to depart following our meal, Joe and I agreed that we would simultaneously post independently written blog items, complete with the same photo, about our time together. This morning at 10:00 am Edmonton time (9:00 am Whitehorse time) is the appointed posting time. I can’t wait to see what Joe has written. Maybe this will start a new trend in the blogosphere: “simultaneous blogging”.
UPDATE: Here is Joe's post. Next year in Whitehorse!
This sounds dangerous–two Anglican bloggers in the same restaurant! It’s almost as bad as teenagers with driver licenses; or Bill Clinton with his finger on the Button; or a million other horrible thoughts.
I’m thankful that no one has purple fever, as is often the case at surreptitious Anglican meetings.
Scott – I think a trip to the Yukon is a fab idea, and I’m sure we can get funding from some committee of General Synod…
[...] This morning, the StatDaughter and I dropped in at St Timothy’s, Edmonton, where The Rev Joseph Walker became rector a few months ago. We were very warmly welcomed, and it was great to see Joe again. He preached an excellent sermon based on the gospel reading from St Luke. His topic was an especially appropriate one for this season of Lent—repentance. [...]
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[...] Also in attendance will be my friend The Rev Joseph Walker, of St Timothy’s, Edmonton. Joe’s been making fun of certain Anglican leaders and talking about going on pub crawls with Winnipeg Anglican priest Preston Parsons, so I don’t know if Joe will be a reliable news source. On the other hand, he may be able to report dirt information that no one else can, so stay tuned to his blog felix hominum. [...]