Thank you for your fine magazine which does much to keep its readers informed, in an even-handed yet orthodox way, of the news affecting Episcopalians. Indeed, as a result of being abreast of current events in our church, I am convinced that things are in a much better position than in the last 20, or so, years.

Imagine, a spiritual and godly man as Presiding Bishop, one who wants to "listen" to the whole of our Communion in order to become a part of the Anglican Church rather than acting apart from it! A bishop who acts from a spiritual center, rather than a politically motivated extreme seems almost to good too be true.

I am also pleased to hear of the decision of the ELCA not to enter into the Concordat [TLC, Sept. 7]. I believe the Episcopal Church to be on the verge of great things, and while we already invite all baptized Christians to share in the Lord's Supper, why would we want to divest ourselves of those things which make us unique in our catholicism in order to appease our need to "be accepted"? Also, this rebuff may shock many U.S. Anglicans into the realization that our unilateral and arrogant acts of the past, made without consideration of those who share in our catholic faith, or even without regard to the rest of Christendom at large, have come home to roost.

(The Rev.) Walter Van Zandt Windsor

St. Paul's Church

Woodville, Miss.