From the The Middletown Press:
With all the pageantry the Episcopal Church can muster, the Rev. Ian T. Douglas was consecrated Saturday the 15th bishop of the Diocese of Connecticut.
And the Episcopal Church can muster pageantry when it has a mind to.
Before numerous bishops laid their hands on Douglas, signifying the unbroken line of bishops stretching back to Jesus’ apostles, the candidate made the promise required of all bishops:
“In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, I, Ian Theodore Douglas, chosen Bishop of the Church in Connecticut, solemnly declare that I do believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the Word of God, and to contain all things necessary to salvation; and I do solemnly engage to conform to the doctrine, discipline, and worship of the Episcopal Church.”
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In his sermon, [Archbishop Desmund] Tutu spoke of how God requires Christians to love everyone, no matter who they are:
“All the poor, rich, white, black, Hispanics, all, all. Clever, not so clever, beautiful, not so beautiful … tea party, Democrat, Republican. This is radical, man. This is radical.
“Bin Laden, George Bush, Sarah Palin, Hillary Clinton, gay, lesbian, so-called straight, all, all …”
He charged Douglas, “Please tell the children of God, each one of them is precious. … Each one of them is a member of God’s family in which there are no outsiders.”
There are no outsiders - love all, all. Beautiful words. The Gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ.
H/T to MadPriest for the link, since "...there is nothing new under the sun".
