The Magdalene Mystique - The Path Inward

Episcopalians do get in the news! Here we are again: front page of the New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/20/us/20episcopal.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper&oref=slogin

Journalists like to investigate and get to the bottom of things, refuse to be silent when things need to get out.

Hurrah for this article ON MONEY and what GENEROSITY COSTS. It helps us in seeing priorities.

To my mind, GENEROSITY is a supreme and sacred character trait - in its purity it is inspired by grace. It’s a giving out of one’s abundance (for which one is grateful though not necessarily deserving) in order to provide for the well being of another. It’s a sacred value. It is an extraordinary blessing to be a position to express this trait.

The American Church happens to be in this place: to give generously. We will not forget our neighbors, we will not forget the poor and the sick. The House of Bishops will not let that happen. I believe you can count on that, even when it means giving to groups that count us no longer part of the Christian tradition - even when it means giving to those who would have us OUT.

Generosity COSTS. It depletes the pocket book. What is given can then not be spent on oneself, even building an independent American Church. Yet it is still right to give and give and give to those in need.

But what generosity DOES NOT COST is the giving up of cherished views. It’s not an Either/Or.

Isn’t it true that part of what is behind generosity is a view about “the dignity of every human being.”
It would seem that by remaining generous we make our point!
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