Monday, January 17, 2005

the end of the world as we know it

Heard a sermon tonight about the tsunami. Father metaphorically called it a baptism. I found this shocking at first. His point was the many acts of self-giving for which the tsunami served as catalyst. Most poignant were stories of Sri Lankan soldiers giving blood to save the lives of Tamils (who is thy neighbor?).

Caused me to ponder, more intensely than normal, the future of Anglicanism and ECUSA. Will it take a spiritual cataclysm to enable the faithful simply to regard their brothers with charity? Are we in the midst of one?

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