{"id":26154,"date":"2018-06-27T22:20:11","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T02:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/?p=26154"},"modified":"2018-06-27T22:20:11","modified_gmt":"2018-06-28T02:20:11","slug":"bishop-michael-curry-still-hasnt-found-what-hes-looking-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicansamizdat.net\/wordpress\/bishop-michael-curry-still-hasnt-found-what-hes-looking-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Michael Curry still hasn\u2019t found what he\u2019s looking for"},"content":{"rendered":"

The aura of celebrity that encircles Michael Curry\u2019s head in place of a halo continued to grow brighter as he met with members of a rock band to talk about \u201cthe way of love\u201d. <\/em><\/p>\n

As you probably know, when they\u2019re not busy playing rock and roll, making excessive amounts of money, and devising ways to evade paying tax<\/a>, \u00a0Bono and the rest of U2 enjoy instructing star-struck bishops on the deep theological matters of the day.<\/p>\n

From here<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Presiding Bishop Michael Curry met backstage this week with U2 and front man Bono at New York\u2019s Madison Square Garden, where the Episcopal Church leader and the globally renowned rockers discussed Curry\u2019s Reclaiming Jesus initiative.<\/p>\n

The meeting happened in the evening June 25 just before the first of a series of U2 concerts in New York on the band\u2019s Experience + Innocence tour. A photo released by the band shows the foursome posing with Curry.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know of no other group that has sung and witnessed more powerfully to the way of love than U2,\u201d Curry said June 27 in a written statement to Episcopal News Service. \u201cIt was a real blessing to sit with them to talk about Jesus, the way of love, and changing our lives and the world. They are an extraordinary community gift to us all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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