The Case of the Missing Tippet (Rowan Williams', in fact!)

Check out this story, posted on the Stand Firm Blog, ...pretty good!


"As everyone knows, the Archbishop of Canterbury preached at the Ecumenical Service held Thursday evening. The Bishop of Louisiana had taken great care to ensure all was in order for the Archbishop. A member of his clergy was assigned to see to the proper transportation of the Archbishop's vestments. The good clergy arrived with the aforementioned vestments and placed them where instructed in the Green Room.


As the time approached for the service, Bishop Jenkins went to check that all was in order only to find the vestments were not there. A search revealed they had been moved but alas the Archbishop's tippet was missing! Bishop Jenkins called upon the good clergyman who had been responsible for the vestments and asked that he explain to the Archbishop the location of his tippet. The good clergyman realized the Hospitality Committee had moved things and said he suspected he might know where to find the tippet. A brief time later, the Archbishop, the Bishop and the clergyman were staring at the tippet.


It had been draped across the hospitality table serving as a tablecloth for the coffee urns. The Archbishop was reported to have said, "Well, I'm glad to see someone has finally found a use for the darn thing."


It's nice to know the Archbishop has a sense of humor. It must have served him well during his meetings with the bishops."