From Bari’s interview with Jonathan Rauch (I think I captured the essence) "The church has been pretty good about how they disciple people, the spiritual formation that’s making people in the image of Jesus. They’re pretty good at that in church life, family life, community life. When hurricane Joleen comes in Asheville the churches are there. But what they have not done …is disciple people in how to be like Jesus in civic life. …a question of how do you approach politics? Do you do it in a spirit of generosity or spirit of fear? Do you do it in a spirit where you respect other people‘s fundamental rights and dignity or do you do it in a way that’s vicious, do you do it in a way that’s forgiving, that maybe doesn’t attribute the worst motives to people who take a different view or do you demand retribution. That’s where the church has really fallen down, that’s where I think it has the most to contribute." I'll note, in humility and truth, we Episcopalians need to apply that to ourselves. If we focus our attention on the evangelicals, we are avoiding the work of the Holy Spirit within our own life. First take the beam out of our own eye.
From Bari’s interview with Jonathan Rauch (I think I captured the essence) "The church has been pretty good about how they disciple people, the spiritual formation that’s making people in the image of Jesus. They’re pretty good at that in church life, family life, community life. When hurricane Joleen comes in Asheville the churches are there. But what they have not done …is disciple people in how to be like Jesus in civic life. …a question of how do you approach politics? Do you do it in a spirit of generosity or spirit of fear? Do you do it in a spirit where you respect other people‘s fundamental rights and dignity or do you do it in a way that’s vicious, do you do it in a way that’s forgiving, that maybe doesn’t attribute the worst motives to people who take a different view or do you demand retribution. That’s where the church has really fallen down, that’s where I think it has the most to contribute." I'll note, in humility and truth, we Episcopalians need to apply that to ourselves. If we focus our attention on the evangelicals, we are avoiding the work of the Holy Spirit within our own life. First take the beam out of our own eye.