via AKMA here

from Todd at Reverend Ref +

What about specific issues? The first thing I noticed about the show was how much money was involved; from the Webster home to their neighborhood to the church to the building fund account. If anything, this is the poster-child show for the addage that money doesn’t solve your problems.

fromJane at Hoosier Musings on the Road to Emmaus

There may well be priests somewhere who live in pristine, tidy family legacy mansions and have household help to serve Sunday supper; but I’ve never met them. The clergy homes I know tend to be of the “three-bedroom, bath-and-a-half, slightly-shabby, in-need-of-a-good-decluttering” sort. And Sunday supper is far more likely to be a) eating out, b) ordering in, or c) scrounging for leftovers, because no one has the energy to think of cooking. Likewise, it is the rare church indeed that has that kind of money.

These are similar to what I was struck with; ie. the plush house, the snobby family that their adopted son’s girfriend has, and the “go for the laughs” Jesus. I could have known that from the previews, though.

A lingering thought as I read people’s comments like “I have to wonder what our Lord and Savior thinks of his portrayal. This show demeans all true committed Christians, whether Episcopal or not.” (from a comment on this post):
Just how much CREDIT are we giving a TELEVISION show (and by association, pop culture) for having ANYTHING important or serious to say about anything regarding the church or Jesus?