Your Anglican Church Body Affiliation (CofE, TEC, AMiA...) - Leave blank if not applicable

TEC

Your Diocese

Texas

Your City

Vidor

Your Parish

St. Mark's, Beaumont

Your parish website

http://www.stjohnssilsbee.com

Your blog (if you have one)

http://tmushkala.googlepages.com

Your Anglican 'Species'

Deacon

Your 'Day Job'

Teaching English as a Second Language to adults

What you do for fun and re-creation?

reading, fencing, sometimes art, visiting people

What do you see as some of the biggest challenges facing Anglicans today?

Keeping the focus on Christ through this identity crisis of articulating who we are in relation to each other and to our differing contexts

What do you see as some of the biggest opportunities for Anglicans today?

The diaconate as a point of contact because of its action focus, interpretive and connective role, and ancient roots; the faith/science discussion as it goes beyond the apologist phase; the arts and our long history of creating and valuing beauty; the fact that culture is already talking deeply about theology - and teven he fact there is a lot of conflict within the church to some extent indicates (in my opinion) that people think it's important or they wouldn't bother.