Jake, We Hardly Knew Ye

Rev. Terry Martin's blog "Father Jake Stops the World" is coming down for good. See the news here:

http://frjakestopstheworld.blogspot.com

Father Jake has been a steadfast supporter of discourse within the church and has posted numerous times about the issues associated with the split in the Anglican Communion and Episcopal Church. His support of those displaced in the property theft schemes in Virginia, Colorado and California, amongst others, has been most welcome and appreciated. The sense of right and wrong he was able to express has been a source of comfort to those wronged in these maneuverings, and an accusing finger in the face of those committing the crimes.

Father Jakes's site was mostly known for its comprehensive coverage of the current day issues that Episcopalians face in the Anglican world. The vitriol being passed in the general Anglican blogosphere can get to anyone, especially one showing the kind of responsibility to host a positive viewpoint such as Father Jake's for five years running. I imagine this break will be a welcome chance to recharge the spirit.

"Jake's" compassion, understanding and commitment will be missed, but no one is more deserving of a chance to make a start in a new direction. I look forward to seeing more from "Jake" in the future. Thank you, Jake. You made a difference and it was important to us.

Maybe this is why justice takes so long...

See the details here:

http://www.csindy.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A25317

The docs must be under the leg of the pool table!

601 N. Tejon

I could not let these pass by.
They came in as comments elsewhere a while ago, but clearly deserve a thread of their own
Time to fire up the blog again:

"I read with dismay the Tidings article about McWilliams House. I first saw the "scaffolding" on Christmas Eve. It used to be that (this) church was a good neighbor, looks like CANA is becoming a blight on the neighborhood. Perhaps they're trying to get an urban renewal grant, which they can then use to pay their lawyers to delay delay delay........."

and

"How precious. According to Wroblewski in CANA's latest court filings, they are letting the front deck on McWilliam's House fall down so that the homeless and vagrants won't sleep there. Sounds like that new NBC show, "Live from Tejon Street, its Sunday Morning"........"

After all of the secessionist hand-wringing over the ability of the Episcopalians to manage property (irrelevant, Dareleen, to the pending cases, by the way...even legally-illiterate-I can see that much in the padded volumes your group has filed so far, including your poorly conceived affidavit), now we have this. The condition of McWilliams House is a disGrace/CANA.
I can feel the embarrassment all the way over here and it must be EXCRUCIATING being over there, Jon.

I suppose this is what we could expect, since property management has NEVER been a strong point of the secessionist group (case in point: divestiture of the adjacent properties on Willamette Ave. to cover up other management shortcomings).
Two wrongs did not make a right in that case...just made them look even more foolish in light of the current circumstances.