There are those who are convinced that if we would place the Ten Commandments in every school classroom and in every court of law, this country would become a righteous people like we used to be. I really don t want to get into that today, except to say that most of those who are attracted to that vision are likely to be the kind of people who will also reduce religion to a transaction. Follow these rules and God will bless you. Break them and it s hell to pay. There is a Peanuts comic strip that shows Peppermint Pattie seated under a tree with Charlie Brown.
Some people come to churches looking for the right rules.
And some silly priests and ministers and pastors and preachers and yes, even bishops and archbishops will actually give it to them. Here is the Bible, believe it. If you will do all of that, you are a good Episcopalian. You can rest easy. All is well.