Today we arrived at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England, for the beginning of the Lambeth Conference. My new Panasonic Lumix (replacing the one that broke a few days ago) takes some nice shots, like the zoom above of Canterbury Cathedral.

See this gallery of pictures taken this afternoon. It includes a shot of the Bishop of Butare, Rwanda, the Rt. Rev. Venuste Mutiganda. There are a lot of very late arrivals from bishops thought to have declined their invitations.

We start tonight at 6pm. I have already seen many friends from around our church and the rest of the Communion, and met several bishops. All are optimistic that when we finish in three weeks’ time, we will have moved ahead as a Communion. “When Anglicans work together, we change the world...” seems to be on everyone’s lips. From those lips to God’s ears!