Dear Friends,

Our Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Michael Curry, has been making the rounds of morning talk shows this week, after his sermon at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle evoked so many responses of interest and excitement. Presiding Bishop Curry is a powerful preacher and in his sermon he preached on the redemptive power of love.

Love takes many forms, and certainly many people were focused on the romantic love which is so often expressed by a newly married couple. The presiding bishop reminded us though, that the love of God as revealed in Jesus Christ is also about the challenging commitment of addressing the needs of others, in a world where so many are lacking so much.

As if to emphasize that point, tonight the bishop joins other religious leaders in a  service at National City Christian Church followed by a candlelight procession to the White House.

The events in Washington, D.C., are part of “Reclaiming Jesus: A Confession of Faith in a Time of Crisis,”  an ecumenical Christian elders’ initiative launched in March to “reclaim Jesus” from those believed to be using Christian theology for political gain.

I hope you will read or listen to his sermon – there is a link to it in the article below. And I hope you will read more about the statement on “Reclaiming Jesus,” which you can find here.

Love is made manifest in the generous outpouring of our hearts when we are “in love” and in the ongoing and sometimes challenging commitment “to love” – to love  God and our neighbors, as ourselves.

Faithfully,

Tom