On expectations:
I believe that Archbishop Williams will defend the rights of all within the Anglican Communion. But I think he will see his role not so much as defending people's rights and having things politicized. I think he sees himself as one who can bring people together to talk and to pray and to seek to honor one another, but realizing that there could be points where the differences are irreconcilable. For instance, he has said recently that if the Church of England passes legislation for the ordination of women to the episcopacy (as the American church has done), he knows that this would cause a major problem that is irreconcilable, a major fracture in the Church of England that would ripple out farther in the Anglican Communion. There's a sizeable group of clergy and lay people in the Church of England who simply could not abide by that. I do believe, from what I know of him and what he has said, that he would seek some creative form of accommodating, of providing a place for traditionalist clergy and lay people in order to avoid the breakup of the Anglican Communion.

I believe that Archbishop Williams is a liberal thinker, but yet he also is steeped in the tradition of the church-what has been passed down from generation to generation. He is not going to abandon that. It's a dynamic. He's sitting in the middle of polarities; it's a real pull. Here is a man who's a very bright man, a very creative thinker. But yet he's rooted in something that's very historic and in something he knows he has a particular role of stewardship for. He really has been entrusted with a major role in the Christian world as the Archbishop of Canterbury.

On separation and support:
The big issue right now as I see it worldwide is the issue of homosexuality and particularly same-sex blessing. It's a hot button issue. Obviously, same-sex blessings introduces into the church a new morality, a new understanding of human relationships, and Archbishop Williams knows that this could be something to could lead to schism and separation.

I am prepared to offer my support to Archbishop Williams in prayer and hopefully develop a personal relationship with him, if I would be granted that. He has stepped into a huge job; he's been called to be the spiritual head of the Anglican Communion in a very difficult time, and I think we need to give him the benefit of the doubt. I mean, he is the Archbishop of Canterbury, so let's pray for him. Let's support him. Let's let him grow into the role. I would want people to grant me the same latitude, the same privilege if I were in his position.