What Archbishop Desmond Tutu taught me about hope
This week, I am sharing a sermon I delivered at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco
Twelve cities in two weeks was a busy time but a very good time. On the final day of the tour, I delivered a sermon at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. The sermon is about what Archbishop Desmond Tutu, my dear friend and mentor, taught me about hope. I think you will like the robe they gave me to wear!
I share the sermon with you here.
This Sunday, The False White Gospel will appear on The New York Times bestseller list at #4, which is very encouraging to me. We need a national conversation on “the faith factor” in this crucial election season. I’m happy to come and visit you in your cities and towns — and please follow our work at the Center on Faith and Justice. You can sign up for our mailing list here.
Blessings,
Jim
Half way through the book…yes, we are on the winning side. Dwelling on that thought rather than trying to determine guilt or reason behind the acts of others supports Hope and onward behaviors. Thank you for sharing.
I have been a part of the Sojourners experience since I first read the issue containing the interview with dissident Korean poet Kim Chi Ha. I was hooked by subject matter and excellent writing. That was in the late seventies. When I was living in South Korea I had the wonderful opportunity to direct Kim Chi Ha’s play The Gold Crowned Jesus in English translation published by Maryknoll Press under a time when such performances were banned by the military dictatorship in power. We managed to pull it off without anyone getting arrested staging the performances on a Christian university in the city of Daejeon two hours south of Seoul. I am thankful that Sojourners Magazine introduced me to the work of Kim Chi Ha and many others who stood for justice, human rights, equality, and democracy. Timely and essential for the times we find ourselves in in 2024, I am thankful for the light you shine.