Dick Trelease II
Just back from preaching at the funeral of my first boss and mentor, Dick Trelease. Dick taught his assistants to take risks, and when we fell on our faces, he first supported us, helped us clean up our mess, then sat down and looked at what could be learned. Dick led with his passion, for justice and for the life changing love of God.
He had what we now call boundary problems. Women were drawn to Dick and he to them. In the sermon, which I am going to try to post in a separate posting, I alluded to the problems that caused while applauding the wonderful excitement he provided for those of us who worked with him. His family, who paid the heaviest cost for his passion, were glad we talked openly about the wonderful life and the heavy cost. If I can get the sermon on a posting, you can judge.
The late Terry Holmes, Dean of an Episcopal seminary, wrote a small piece distinguishing the hot and cold sins. The cold sins, calculating, manipulating, controlling, are ones we tend to reward in our culture. The hot sins, of passion, chiefly, I suppose, for us, sex, are those we love to hate and punish.
Holmes said he imagined God had a harder time forgiving the cold sins than the hot ones, because the cold sins result from keeping our distance and holding tight to control, while the hot sins result from our getting out of control while trying to do what God commanded, love one another as I have loved you. That is, with abandon.
He had what we now call boundary problems. Women were drawn to Dick and he to them. In the sermon, which I am going to try to post in a separate posting, I alluded to the problems that caused while applauding the wonderful excitement he provided for those of us who worked with him. His family, who paid the heaviest cost for his passion, were glad we talked openly about the wonderful life and the heavy cost. If I can get the sermon on a posting, you can judge.
The late Terry Holmes, Dean of an Episcopal seminary, wrote a small piece distinguishing the hot and cold sins. The cold sins, calculating, manipulating, controlling, are ones we tend to reward in our culture. The hot sins, of passion, chiefly, I suppose, for us, sex, are those we love to hate and punish.
Holmes said he imagined God had a harder time forgiving the cold sins than the hot ones, because the cold sins result from keeping our distance and holding tight to control, while the hot sins result from our getting out of control while trying to do what God commanded, love one another as I have loved you. That is, with abandon.
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