INDIANAPOLIS, IN: GC2012 Opening Eucharist Long on Justice, Short on Heaven
INDIANAPOLIS, IN: GC2012 Opening Eucharist Long on Justice, Short on Heaven
COMMENTARY
By Michael Heidt in Indianapolis
Special Correspondent
www.virtueonline.org
July 5, 2012
Themed “do justice and love kindness”, the opening Eucharist of the 77th General Convention of The Episcopal Church (TEC) was long on justice and short on heaven.
The worship service, which was celebrated by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, commemorated the lives of three nineteenth century social activists, Walter Rauschenbusch, Washington Gladden and Jacob Riis. These men were “saints” and “prophets”, sermonized Jefferts Schori, who exemplified TEC’s mission.
Quoting Rauschenbach, Jefferts Schori told the capacity congregation that this was “not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming life on earth into the harmony of heaven.” For Rauschenbach, this meant opposing greed, militarism and “class contempt.”
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
COMMENTARY
By Michael Heidt in Indianapolis
Special Correspondent
www.virtueonline.org
July 5, 2012
Themed “do justice and love kindness”, the opening Eucharist of the 77th General Convention of The Episcopal Church (TEC) was long on justice and short on heaven.
The worship service, which was celebrated by Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori, commemorated the lives of three nineteenth century social activists, Walter Rauschenbusch, Washington Gladden and Jacob Riis. These men were “saints” and “prophets”, sermonized Jefferts Schori, who exemplified TEC’s mission.
Quoting Rauschenbach, Jefferts Schori told the capacity congregation that this was “not a matter of getting individuals to heaven, but of transforming life on earth into the harmony of heaven.” For Rauschenbach, this meant opposing greed, militarism and “class contempt.”
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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