Reflections
The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is even beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime only a fraction of the magnificent enterprise that is God's work. Nothing we do is complete, which is a way of saying that the kingdom always lies beyond us.
No statement says all that could be said.
No prayer fully expresses our faith.
No confession brings perfection.
No pastoral visit brings wholeness.
No program accomplishes the church's mission.
No set of goals and objectives includes everything.
That is what we are about.
We plant the seeds that will one day grow.
We water seeds already planted,
knowing that they hold future promise.
We lay foundations that will need further development.
We provide yeast that produces far beyond our capabilities.
We cannot do everything and there is a sense of liberation in realizing that. This enables us to do something, and do it very well. It may be incomplete but it is a beginning, a step along the way, an opportunity for the Lord's grace to enter and do the rest.
We may never see the end results, but that is the difference between the master builder and the worker.
We are workers, not master builders; ministers, not messiahs. We prophets of a future not our own.
Amen.
-The Prayer of Oscar Romero
Introductory Letter
Summer 2005
"White Sox with
Sweet and Sour Chicken"
October 2005
Step by Step
November 2005
Immanuel
December 2005
Cantemos
January 2006
Election Day
February/March 2006
Easter SPF
April 2006
Jesus was a Refugee
May 2006
The Orchestra Goalies
June 2006
Got a Craving for Justice?
July 2006
January 2007
February 2007
Isbeskena
August / September 2006
March 2007
October 2006
April 2007
November 2006
December 2006