I think the title (question) to this article is beyond profound, as it hits at a core question facing the church today.  But I think that to find a satisfactory answer will require more than a dive into church doctrine.  The answer offered by theology, often expressed in that doctrine, means very little in the abstract.  The church needs a simple answer, that links to our guts.

What does the "good news" from the doctrine of the trinity mean in a church where children have long been subject to sexual abuse, and those In charge even today, a full 15 years since all of this came to public lit, refuse episcopal accountability.  Does doctrine of the trinity trump basic human morality?  Does the modern choice to exclude women, or the church's refusal to enter a real dialog with the laity on its position on so many other hot button issues truly project the aura of "good news" around the church?

How many of us even associate the church with good news?

Methinks some serious revamp is needed.