Controversy at the opening Eucharist apparently over the humming of a Buddhist like chant by the preacher. Does this mean that they have to stop using drums in the Ugandan church ? Also the wheat and the weeds are back."De Chickera noted that "we are a wounded community … the crisis is complex and it can't be resolved instantly. The journey ahead is long and arduous … but we trust in God who makes reconciliation possible."
He referred to the Gospel reading from chapter 13 of Matthew, in which Jesus tells the parable of a field that bore both weeds and wheat. The two grow together, but at harvest, the weeds are burned and the wheat -- God's community -- is gathered into the barn. "If we uproot the unrighteous, then none of us will remain. We are all amidst the weeding and the weeds. I suggest we stay together and grow from our common heritage, regardless of our differences," said De Chickera."
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