It's about time

Seems to me that our treasured Anglican Via Media is suffering from leftover 19th century two-dimensionalism. Surely in the 21st century we can envision a middle way that travels through the innumerable points on the surface of and through the substance of a sphere, of which Christ himself is the center.

One needn't describe one's self as toward one end or the other of a spectrum (way too limiting, in my opinion) but perhaps more generally as in the area of one of the eight sections of a sphere that is divided vertically twice at an equidistance, and horizontally once, giving a sort of wedge shape. This model gives lots of room for a variety of views of the center without forcing one toward polarization. (Of course, the sphere may be divided any way you wish!)

Similarly, apparent contradictions between "predestination" and "free will" are banished as soon as one stops limiting the model of time to a line, and moves instead to a sphere. In this model, God sustains the sphere both from within and without, seeing all points of time (the surface of the sphere) simultaneously. We experience time generally as linear, moving from one point to another along the surface of the sphere, but not necessarily divided into equal segments (contrast the speed of time when enjoying the company of friends to the speed of time when in pain, for example.) Thus we encounter decision points, make our decision, and move on, while God comprehends the whole of reality and all our choices simultaneously.

I do believe that we occasionally, when in a meditative state, dreaming, or experiencing a vision, move spontaneously from one point of awareness on the sphere to another, through a tiny portion of God's awareness, and thus receive knowledge we could not otherwise have. Still, like the blind men exploring the elephant, we must join our own experience with that of many others in order to gain wisdom and true understanding.

The Anglican Communion can only benefit by learning to think outside the box--or in this case, by moving from two dimensions to at least three--and why not four?