From Cincinnati-
That old saw about clothes making the man does not apply here. The Right Rev. Michael B. Curry, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina, is the same person he was when he came to St. Simon of Cyrene Episcopal Church in Lincoln Heights in 1982.
He was practically a newlywed, had served as the rector of only one other church in his career, and not yet 30-years-old. Even then exhibiting a great capacity to lead with humility and grace, the bishop’s purple shirt, mitre, pectoral cross and staff have not changed any of his good qualities. No pomposity here, folks. Gregarious and caring as ever, his intellectual toolbox remains full.
Bishop Curry spoke at the Transfiguration Spirituality Center in Glendale during a retreat there in March. He taught of living beyond our probabilities, but rather in God’s possibilities.
“If we live our lives only in terms of what is probable, life gets stuck. When life is lived in the direction of new possibilities, it opens up. That’s what the gospel teachings in the life of Jesus are all about.”
More here-
http://cincinnati.com/blogs/tricountytips/2011/03/31/column-bishop-just-a-title-for-former-pastor/
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