Presiding Bishop Frank Griswold and the Very Rev'd George Werner, President of the House of Deputies, gave opening addresses for the General Convention this evening. Werner's address was not given from prepared remarks, and there is no transcript available at this time.
Griswold's address is posted online. Here's a sample. It is all worth reading.
The work before us is not easy. Taking into ourselves the reality of reconciliation is to live the mystery of communion in all its costliness, recognizing always that reconciliation and communion are the gifts of God's boundless grace and are not of our construction. And, the animating force of reconciliation and communion is the same: love. It all comes down to love which alone can reconcile us not at the level of our opinions but at the level of the heart.
Courtesy of Episcopal News Service, which is now running a General Convention news site.
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