A brief note – as we are all called to the higher service of the nation and the world, called to employ our simple gifts and to embrace complexity with humility and generosity.
Much work is ahead of us, and it feels good to feel again a pride in our institutions, our values, the progress of our history, and in this our public and collective recommitting to hope and virtue.
The values and principles our 44th President has eloquently pronounced are ideals I have long espoused – and yet felt at times like a voice crying out in the wilderness.
How many of us have felt alone in our ideals and now are strengthened by this higher kinship, a fellowship of spirit common to the species?
The highlight of this ceremony is that we can laugh with joy together through the wit and wisdom of Rev. Lowery’s benediction.
