Episcopal Convention Tells its Members to “Get Off Your Donkey!”

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Palm Desert, California - The annual gathering of the Episcopal Diocese of San Diego, the diocesan convention, takes place at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Palm Desert on Friday, Feb. 8 and Saturday, Feb. 9. With a theme of “Mission Possible,” the convention features the Rev. Dr. Reggie McNeal as its keynote speaker. A Baptist minister with a mean wit, McNeal will entertain as he chides the church delegates to “get off their donkeys and help somebody,” as he said in a recent phone interview.

“I’m trying to get church leaders out of the church business,” said McNeal. “I’m trying to get them in the people business. The church is not the point.”

McNeal’s newest book, released this month by Baker Books, fleshes out this idea of mobilizing people to help others. Get Off Your Donkey: Help Somebody and Help Yourself shows readers that loving our neighbors is the heart of Jesus’ gospel; “everything else is just religion,” said McNeal. The book will be available at Convention for $16. Cash, check, MC and Visa are accepted. McNeal will sign books after the gala dinner on Friday evening at the Hyatt Regency in Indian Wells. He will also sign books on Saturday afternoon at St. Margaret’s.

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