‘The Inevitable Arc’
My Dear People,
On Saturday, at Diocesan Council, I spoke on the floor of Council in support of ordaining (non-celibate) gay and lesbian people and blessing same-sex unions. The resolution on behalf of which I was speaking failed. However, as Leonard Pitts put it recently, "the inevitable arc" is clear. That is, I have faith that, within the next few years, we will be ordaining and blessing the unions of homosexual people in the Diocese if Virginia.
I commend to you the above referenced Pitts column. That said, be forewarned, as is his wont, Pitts takes the bark off the tree.
An essential question is: How long do you ask someone to wait for what is rightfully theirs? Dr. King's "Letter from the Birmingham Jail" comes to mind (which, in case you haven't read it in a few years, demands re-reading).
God meets us in the present, and God calls forth from us, in the present, courage and determination and faithfulness, and much more; and he gives us what we need to do his will. Some things must be defered; others must not. And, when it comes to weighty moral matters involving the dignity of God's children, any time delay is suggested, we best be skeptical, very skeptical.
Your brother in Christ,
Wallace+
