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Lots of folks seemed to be attracted to the high-church formality wrapped around protestantism. The liturgy and ritual translated into a reverence for God that many feel is lacking in other protestant denominations.

But alas, as with so many of the mainline denominations, the Episcopal church has left its first love. It has a form of godliness, but denies the power therein. It is, as you observed - a collection of dead-men-walking.

Another reason to attend, and not necessarily a good one, is that the Episcopal church was George Washington's church, and it was good enough for some of our Founding Fathers.

It's an important part of the American tradition, and a decent part in many ways, but I see no reason to follow a tradition that has lost all of its substance.

I began my life in the Episcopal church, was married in a Presbyterian church, attended Baptist churches in my early married life and now belong to a small but stable Assemblies of God Church. The "speaking in tongues" issue was and has been a big struggle for me, but what I really appreciate is that my pastor presents the pure and unvarnished gospel *every* *single* *service*, including the Christmas Eve service this past Friday. I don't mind that he regularly prays for our troops in Iraq, and a particular favorite of mine is that God would grant our troops "supernatural power to find and defeat the enemy".