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I wouldn't laugh so much here:
" Speaking of which, the Episcopal confirmation class was a joke. They didn't learn much of anything about the history of the church, the liturgy, Scripture, or theology. They just talked about their "feelings" for the entire class. I attended a couple of classes, and my daughter and I started counting the times the facilitator said "Faith Journey". We quit counting at 50 because we were laughing so hard people were looking at us funny."

My Parish does that. No books, no learning whatsoever of Church history or teachings. It's just a social time for two hours, and nothing integral happens. The only reason I know anything about my faith is my Jesuit HS and self-research (I was confirmed last year).

Look, ya gotta laugh or you'd cry. We had already gotten to the point where we realized the entire structure was trivialized and rotten, and that we were going to have to make a change. The apostate bishop was just the final straw that made us make the move at that particular time. We knew it had to be done, and in retrospect we should have moved sooner. But it's hard to tell when you're right in the middle of it all. Fear of the unknown and all that.

Why don't you find a better parish? There's a wide variation in our area, there are some kooky clap-hands-for-Jesus enclaves around here too. You might just be in one of those with a nice orthodox parish right down the road.