Earlier today with our friends at @TrinityWallSt:
“We observe this solemn occasion in a perilous moment in our national life and history. The seeds of self-centeredness—the seeds of hatred—will inevitably yield a bitter harvest.
“We observe this solemn occasion in a perilous moment in our national life and history. The seeds of self-centeredness—the seeds of hatred—will inevitably yield a bitter harvest.
This day is a testimony to that, and we cannot continue that way.
Yesterday, former President Bush warned us about this. Our unreconciled racial history, and our deep and dangerous divisions, left unattended, will prove injurious to our democracy.
Yesterday, former President Bush warned us about this. Our unreconciled racial history, and our deep and dangerous divisions, left unattended, will prove injurious to our democracy.
This is not the time for neutrality or quietism, but it is not time for loudness and anger. Just prior to the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln rightly warned the nation, quoting Jesus, who said, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
But let us not luxuriate in despair. Hope is on the way. Jesus once said, “No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”
Let us remember that, 20 years ago, there were firefighters, police officers, other first responders, and countless others who, on 9/11, disregarded their own lives to save those of people they didn’t even know.
Let us not forget that after 9/11, we joined hands and cared for each other, that even if it was for one brief, shining moment—we loved each other. Let us not forget that hope is on the way. What we did then we can, by God’s grace, do again—and discover who we truly are.
Whole sermon here:
https://twitter.com/trinitywallst/status/1437117587461189637
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