Desmond Tutu – Grace in action

In 1991, Bishop Tutu addressed the international conference on “Christianity in the Global Context”. As the name implies, the gathering presented one of many ongoing attempts by Christians to reconcile their devotion to a God in a faraway Heaven, with their enmeshment in the physical world.Ever the artful preacher, Tutu sketched the Christian vision of humans as literal incarnations of God. “Human life is a gift from the gracious and ever generous Creator of all. It is therefore inviolable. We must therefore have a deep reverence for the sanctity of human life.”He goes on “The…