Two messages in my email today. One from a clergy group in my county, the other from the staff of my church's collective governance folks, both responding to the violence in our state, in Charlottesville. The whole incident has me dismayed, at the lack of leadership displayed by so many, maybe even by me. This is a call to all of us to speak up and speak out. Good words are not hard to find. Here are some:
"The images of the violence in Charlottesville
– physical as well as
ideological – remind the Church that there is work that needs to be
done. The sin of racism is not new, nor does this pervasive form of
idolatry exist solely outside the church.
As followers
of the Christ, let us be clear where we stand. We are all formed in
the image of God. The Confession of Belhar calls us to remember that we
are to be ‘the salt of the earth and the light of
the world’, therefore, as a Presbytery, let us be that beacon of
light. Encouraging one another to live into a ‘new obedience’ we urge
our member churches in both word and deed to actively confront racism
that exists in our pews, and our communities. "
I'm proud to stand with the church of Jesus Christ on this one.
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