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Without Love, We All Lose

1/21/2016

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Doing the right thing is often not easy. Standing up and affirming the right thing is even harder and often comes with "consequences."
 
Last week, because of the Episcopal Church's commitment to support the rights of all couples to be married in the Church, the Anglican Communion responded by levying "consequences" upon the Episcopal Church. In summary, for the next three years, the Episcopal Church will have a limited role in the Anglican Communion and cannot represent the Communion in ecumenical and interfaith bodies.
 
Tension and strife is not new to the Christian Church and the people of God. In reality, as humans, we live in a constant state of "push and pull." If tension and strife did not exist in the Early Church, Paul would have been quickly out of business as an "epistle" writer and evangelist. Remember, the Church was created by God, but is run by human hearts and minds.
 
As Christians, we are called to see tension and strife as an opportunity--an opportunity for greater understanding, an opportunity for greater mutual respect, an opportunity for reconciliation, an opportunity to emulate Christ, and an opportunity to share God's love.
 
Archbishop Philip Richardson, Primate of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Polynesia, offered the most profound reflection upon the recent decision by the Anglican Communion when he said: "In reality, though, we were all losers - because we are still fractured, broken, still inclined to mistrust. But we are committed to staying with each other. We are committed to walking together, to trying to see through each other's eyes, to stepping into each other's worlds, and to keeping on keeping on until mutual understanding grows."
 
Both our faith and life teaches us: When we stop understanding, we all lose. When we stop cultivating mutual respect, we all lose. When we stop working toward reconciliation, we all lose. When we stop emulating Christ, we all lose. When we stop sharing God's love, we all lose.
 
"Above all, maintain constant love for one another." (1 Peter 4:8a)
 
Respectfully in the love of Christ,
​
The Reverend Ryan D. Newman
Rector and Head of School

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Amanda M. Dame link
1/25/2016 05:30:47 am

Until we have walked in another's footsteps. we will never fully understand another's reasons or feelings. However, I would not want our fellow Anglicans or any one else, to be persecuted in Africa or elsewhere, because I, in the United States, am free from brutality at this time. I am willing to undergo the sanctions because I feel it is the right time, perhaps even past time, for us to acknowledge all people regardless of race or sexual orientation. I believe we should continue to support the countries that need help the most regardless of whether/not they accept us. Love is true when it's "inspite of" rather than "because of…"

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Nadine Allen
1/26/2016 08:17:16 am

To this, 1 Peter 4:8a, I say Amen.

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Timothy J. Mannion
1/27/2016 10:39:15 am

Is that David an Bill on either side of you in that picture? If so, how amazing. I used to work with David in DC. If not, they have doppelgangers!

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Ryan Newman
1/27/2016 11:09:19 am

Yes, Timothy, it is David and Bill. The photo was taken last fall after their wedding.

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