Creating sanctuary after Trump

In the days after the 2016 election with a surprising Trump victory, many in the congregation were shocked and horrified and despondent. Rob Hardies’s sermon struck a perfect balance between accepting the results and preparing All Souls Church as a “sanctuary” for the times ahead.

He reminded us that the church’s bell, crafted by Paul Revere’s son, has tolled for the powerless in past times. It tolled for John Brown when he was hung for his abolitionist raid on Harper’s Ferry. It tolled for the Emancipation Proclamation, and the end of the civil war. It tolled for MLK’s 1963 march on Washington. And it tolled when marriage equality for DC residents was signed into law in this sanctuary. And it will toll again as the beautiful people of liberal religion work for justice.

https://archive.org/details/11.13.2016TheThingsThatMatter