Anglican for sure

I am an Anglican. There are two reasons, specifically, and two reasons generally.
First off, I think of England as my spiritual home.
Second, I feel that the middle way of Anglicanism is a welcome road for me.
It embraces the catholicity of the church, while also embracing the reforms incurred within the church over the years. The Anglicans try to hold the balance between holding to traditions--the creeds, the confession, the Eucharist, and the apostolic teachings--and calling new life into the body of Christ.
More specifically, the worship of Anglicanism is heavy on Eucharistic theology and lite on fluff.
In other words, the Christian church is not held together by Scripture alone.
While the Scripture is inerrant, infalible, and holy true, and perfect for teaching and reproaching--the Scriptures are only one means of grace of which God's kingdom is on the move.
Worship moves through scripture, and moves towards the enactment of the life of God.
Worship is therefore not words, nor is it realiant only on a great sermon.
Worship is done not by us.
Worship is done by Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Father.
We are asked to participate in this worship, this dance of the holy trinity.
As we bend our knees, as we take the cup, and as we confess, and even give one another the sign of peace, we are being reformed into the image of God.
So at its root, the English church, or, the Anglican church, contains the seedbed for reform. To be reformed, is to be made new.
Paul calls the Galatians to reform.
He calls the people of that region to throw off the false teaching of the Judiazers.
He reminds them that the gospel is a gospel of faith, such as that of Moses.
The gospel is not something that we can grasp.
The gospel is the good news of Christ, the man who was very God of very God.
The good news is the truth that "while he was like God, he did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but emptied himself, on the cross."
The cross is the entrance way into the very image of God.
In Anglican worship, we not only are reminded of Christ, our living sacrifice, but we become part of his very body, living into the very nature of God ourselves.
We are thus becoming, more and more, grafted into the very being of God.
I am not suggesting that if we do not worship, we will not be saved.
No.
I am suggesting that our destiny as people is to glorify God, because by glorifying God we gain entrance into the life God, and nothing could be better.
We therefore become cruciformed in our lives.
Our life is one of participating in the game, not just enjoying on the side lines.
We are not just theologians, we are much more--we are people falling in love with God, every day, and His life is constantly being poured into our parched souls.
As I walked last night, I continued to get the image of the living water--bubbling up.
Jesus came to give us life, abundant.
Life is not about us.
Life is about the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
The living life is in them.
I was dead, but now I see.
So in the end, our bodies, our minds, and our spirit, become one, and Jesus rejoices over us, with us, and even through us.
Dare that we acknowledge that the very life of God is coursing through our veins.