"I think such a community could move mountains"

Meredith Guest's sermon, "Charting the Course," is now available on the web. It's a thought-provoking and powerful talk about her experience as a member of Church of the Savior in Washington, D.C.

An excerpt:

What would I expect such a community might do?
I think such a community could move mountains. I would especially hope it might move the twin peaks of homophobia and heterocentrism and set my people free, probably the last group of people for whom hate, prejudice and discrimination are officially and morally sanctioned and where, with the exception of a few states, discrimination is codified in the law.
I think it might shake the foundations of hell and tear to bits the altar to the gods of war upon which we keep sacrificing our children, especially the children of the poor.
It would heal the sick of heart.
It would restore sight to those who are blind to the ways we misuse and abuse this beautiful and incredible planet on which we live.
Those crippled by terrible childhoods, it would help walk.
It would raise the dead to life anew.
It would do these things and more.
That’s what I imagine.
What do you imagine? What do you hope for? What do you want? And what are you willing to give?