Archbishop Desmond Tutu was in Pittsburgh on Friday to receive an honorary degree from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pittsburgh. The event took place at historic Calvary Episcopal Church in the city’s east end. It is a parish with a tradition of great preachers, and Tutu did not disappoint, at one point quipping, "Can you imagine that there are those who think God is a Christian?" … "Can you tell us what God was before he was a Christian?" You can read more about it in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette report here.
The Archbishop’s visit was an expression of thanks to those of many faiths in the Pittsburgh community who had supported his efforts to end apartheid in South Africa. "They were all inspired by their faiths. I have yet to hear of a faith that says it's OK to be unjust," he said.
Voices like Archbishop Tutu’s are prophetic, because they shine a new light on commonly-held “truths,” and in doing so expose them for the unjustness or silliness they are. Would that there were more like him.
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