We were blessed to have Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu preach on the opening night of the Festival of Homiletics. My notes don't really do his message justice, which was wonderful, but there was also just a spirit about him that was wonderful, a presence and a preciousness that is rare. Really great to hear him.Psalm 85:-13, 2 Cor. 5:16-20
“Under this cassock, we’re all the same.”
Apartheid – asked for support/prayers, and you gave it.
Humor to poke fun at system in midst of oppression.
Joke about God and an oven for creation – over and under done cookies, creating black and white people.
Or: “This university is reserved for people with large noses only . . .” Or, “apply to minister of persons with small noses affairs.”
To say to people who are treated like rubbish – “You are a God-carrier, you stand-in for God.”
If we believed each one was a God-carrier, we would bow, as Buddhists do, “The God in me greets the God in you,” like genuflecting in the presence of the reserved host.
This one is a person of infinite worth – no exceptions!
Died with Christ, raised with Christ, ascended with Christ, given life to be what we already are.
Because God loves you. I am lovable because God loves me.
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