The Rev. Joe C. Williams

Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, CA

July 13, 2025 11 a.m. Eucharist

Amos 7:7-17

Psalm 82

Colossians 1:1-14

Luke 10: 25-37

Each time I hear this particular passage in the Book of Amos, I can't help but think about the sculpture in Christ Chapel at Seminary of the Southwest in Austin where I attended graduate school. Sitting quietly by itself in the corner is a memorial to the life and work of Bishop John Hines, former presiding bishop and sometime Bishop of Texas. It sits where light filters through coloured glass and shadows dance across the stone floor, bronze and steel reach skyward, and from heaven's height, a plumb line descends—not merely metal and cord, but the very heartbeat of God made manifest. Inscribed beneath in ancient cadence: "Amos, what seest thou?"