Seek
June 2017
Voices from the
Episcopal Diocese of Missouri
The Spirit-filled Missouri visits of Michael Curry SRO crowd greets and is inspired by Presiding Bishop
Bishop Michael, the Hon. John Danforth contrasted the proGraham Chapel main floor phetic styles of Jeremiah with and balcony filled, and overflow Hosea. Danforth challenged that our ministry and work might be seating accommodated even to break the vicious cycle of anmore at April 4th's public lecger in which America now finds ture by the Presiding Bishop as itself and to "call out the goodpart of the Danforth Center on ness, the fairness, the decency Religion and Politics at Washof the American people that is ington University in St. Louis' latent but very real." He turned speaker series. the microphone over to Bishop Bishop Michael engaged Michael identifying him as the with the topic of Healing a House Divided, a stirring lecture "Hosea of our time." Bishop Michael talked that wove together jokes and seabout the ways in which we segrious anecdotes with Scripture regate our selves from others, and A Balm in Gilead—all to illustrate his main points includ- from those we name as 'othing that "a revival of relationship er'—and the Biblical narratives may be necessary for the revival of wholeness from community. of democracy. Imagine if each of He identified how in our separation the "voices of the extreme our 7000 churches were combecome the norm—the center, mitted to being in relationship the sensible center, is silenced." with another community of He continued, "The way to live faith, imagine if our 2 million as God intended for us to live is members committed to being in relationship; we were made in relationship not just with for God and we were made for friends and family, but in relaeach other." tionship with people who are A most joyous and packed different than themselves—you reception was held in the hour could transform this country." directly following the speech. In his introduction of
Photos: Bishop Michael and Bishop Wayne after the speech (credit Michael Hunn); the PB speaking (credit: Jerry Naunheim Jr./WUSTL Photos); Graham Chapel fills up for the event (credit: Janis Greenbaum/Grace Church Kirkwood).
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