Unexpected Witnessing

From Canon Susan Russell of the Episcopal Church is a story of the witness that being inclusive can be. A hard morning's work talking to a meeting of bishops and then dinner. Over dinner the conversation continues and the young people serving them overhear the conversations. Read what happens at the bottom of the post on the "Walking with Integrity" blog:
http://walkingwithintegrity.blogspot.com/2010/09/amazing-day-amazing-witness.html

and Susan's conclusion:

While we were obsessing about perfecting PowerPoint slides and refining our messaging about the SCLM project, these earnest young people responded to the few crumbs of conversation they overheard at our dinner table like they were starving for hope. And if those crumbs gave them that hope and energy – and gave them the courage to come up to a table full of “church people” and say, “Wow … we want to know more about what you’re talking about!” then imagine how they and countless others like them are yearning for the banquet we set every time we gather to witness to God’s inclusive love.

(The work being done was about liturgy for blessing same sex relationships in the Episcopal Church. It was not about evangelising!)