Many of you may have seen, or heard of, the "Hatchet" story done on the Episcopal Church by Jay Akasle of the Wall Street Journal; link blow.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303919504577520950409252574.html?mod=WSJ_article_comments#articleTabs%3Darticle

Our Bishop (Kirk Smith, Arizona) has posted a great rebuttal (calling Jay on his dishonesty) on his blog: http://arizonabishop.blogspot.com/2012/07/wrong-on-every-count.html?m=1

Regardless of personal options on the difficult issues addressed by TEC at our recent convention - for a professional journalist to attack us with a page full of lies is appalling. I am truly saddened to see that the once highly respected Wall Street Journal has sunk to this level of “Yellow Journalism!” Jay is certainly entitled to disagree with our discernment of God's calling to the 21st century if he wishes but making up childish lies and faults accusations only discredits his personal integrity!

Faithful Christians, as different from our denominational style as the Baptists, have spoken up in support of TEC. Here is a very different reflection from "Anglo Baptist." http://anglobaptist.org/blog/posts/in-praise-of-episcopalians/