2022-11-21
1 小时 11 分钟I have to admit, while I was nervous ahead of time at the royal wedding, once I was preaching, I wasn't because I was doing what I do.
You know, you think about it, people who act, we give them awards.
We give them oscars and Emmys and Tonys, and they make a lot of money because acting is hard work.
Being who you actually are is not hard work.
It's actually letting go of a load of having to pretend and having to prove yourself.
It's presenting your best self.
And I just think there's incredible liberation in that.
And I'm still trying to grow into it more and more because at some point you have to say, you know what?
Like me, dislike me.
Love me, not love me.
Gotta be me.
And me is okay.
So how do you step into conversations, whether personal or professional, family, friends, colleagues, even perceived or real adversaries, and still find a place for love in that conversation, even when you wildly disagree?
Is that even possible in some situations?
Is it asking way too much, or is it the only way to finally feel the way you want to feel and resolve an issue, approach any other way that would remain forever intractable?
Well, that's what we're talking about with today's guest, the most Reverend Michael Curry, who is the first african American individual to serve as the presiding bishop and primate of the Episcopal Church.
Chief pastor, president and chief executive officer and chair of the executive council of the Episcopal Church and born in Chicago in the fifties with a dad who was an episcopal priest, his mom died at a young age and he and his sister were raised in a family that was rooted not just in faith but in social activism.
Through his father's leadership and his own dedication to writing a broken world, and eventually ordained himself in 1978, Bishop Curry grew increasingly active on issues of social justice, reconciliation, immigration and marriage equality, often taking positions that were counter to a broader tradition and never shying away from opportunities to invite people to challenge convention in the name of creating a more inclusive community that welcomed all with love and dignity.
In May of 2018, Bishop Curry delivered a moving sermon on the redemptive power of love at then Prince Harry and Meghan and Markle's royal wedding, just months after serving as the officiant for the state funerals of Senator John McCain and President George HW Bush in the Washington National Cathedral.
Bishop Curry has also written five books.