From the Book of Common Prayer

Been thinking about the Benediction in the BCP:

"And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord."

I have loved thinking of the idea of "the work you have given us to do" as writing for me, but whatever thing you feel a healthy inclination towards. And though this may be true, I think really the full sentence carries the full meaning:

As in, "sending us out to do the work you have given us to do" and that work is, actually, "to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord."

Sure that can mean uncovering and sharing where I see Jesus in the Star Wars movies, or writing stories, but the core work is really loving and serving him, and much of that is just plain being.

The Jedi at their best are good at being calm. Like how many times in the book, on this blog, on twitter and in person have I ever said that? Hundreds of times, it seems, but life in the Western world begs the repetition of it.

Busy busy busy. This is not right, that is not right. This is incomplete, that is incomplete.

Sometimes I think loving and serving God means going and sitting on my porch.

And with that being said...