Rector's Reflections - February 2006

Dear brothers and sisters in Christ,

Have you given any thought lately to what your vocation might be? While it is wonderful if your profession and vocation are one, for most people that is not the case. But what if you saw yourself as having a vocation, a “calling” independent of your professions? The computer programmer might go home and enjoy making bread. The teacher may learn how to play an instrument. The office worker might derive great meaning from tutoring.

To be called into service is how we act on our faith. We may be called to act within the congregation or diocese, or we may be called to act within the larger community or world. Feeding the hungry, working for justice in the social order, ministering to the sick or those in prison, adding beauty and love to the world are Jesus-centered activities. We find ourselves as we lose ourselves in paths of service and care, as we discover our Christ-centered vocations.

We have just remembered Martin Luther King, Jr., and his legacy of human rights and pacifism. What if he had not listened to that inner voice compelling him to act for justice and peace? Where would we be as a nation and a world without his ministry?

What are the gifts God would like you to give to God’s church or to the world” If you are not sure, open up your heart in prayer and ask! As Jesus said, “Knock and the door will be opened. Seek and you will find.”

In Christ’s love,

(The Reverend) Susan W. Klein