Bishop Michael Curry Sermon for worship Thursday Morning 5/20/10 "There is Another Way"
[Bishop Curry is Episcopal Bishop for the Diocese of NC. He lives in Raleigh.]
1. Jesus came to show us another way to live... the old way has never worked never will. God sent us creation, prophets, yet we didn't get it.
2. It is one thing to be part of the human race--we are all part of this, so it doesn't take much for that to happen. It's something completely different to be part of the human family--this is God's desire. The human race is our starting point and Jesus is our way to the destination of human family of God.
3. Jesus' planning for Palm Sunday was planned--it wasn't an accident that he arrived into Jerusalem on a donkey instead of a war horse like Pilate rode on the other side of town at the same time. Passover reminds us of freedom, liberation, and God's domain which was counter to Pilate's Pax Romana.
4. Bishop Curry's father told him "Treat every girl like you want your sister to be treated." This applies to the whole human race--it helps us become the human family.
5.Clint Eastwood's recent films have all tackled difficult subjects. His latest--Invictus-- is about the struggle to become the human family. "We are more than creatures of biology. We are the human family and there is beauty in that."
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