Sing to the Lord a new song

The Autumn edition of Essentials was edited by Ben Underwood from Perth. Readers will be familiar with Ben as he edited Essentials for a number of years. Ben agreed to pull together a number of articles from his fellow West Australians. I trust you enjoy these articles as well as Ben’s own original hymn lyrics!

Also included is the EFAC Global response to the IASUFO proposals on the realignment of the Anglican Communion. As one of the contributors it needs to be said that landing a response wasn’t easy. Ultimately we believe that it represents a potentially positive way forward. It has significant inadequacies which we have noted. I commend it to you.

BISHOP STEPHEN HALE

EDITOR