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Friday, August 31, 2012

MINISTRY AS EXPANDED CONCEPT OF LEADERSHIP

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Ministry is a way of touching other people's lives, Our work , in whatever forms is our ministry.  Sometimes we understand ministry with capital "M" , a church related activities. Small "m" which we usually do  is just making ordinary service  to others.  It is in our work that we become true to our self as we  live the good value of compassion and fairness.

Ministry is a Call.
We are called to do a task . And this task will be expressed in a different areas and location. The place where we work we become agent of change. What it means to be an agent of change? What you are , is even more than what you do, has an impact on people in  our workplace.  Self awareness in needed here. Being conscious of where we are and what we are doing.

Christians with a Mission
As baptized we shared the mission of Jesus Christ.
Being a prophet, king and a Priest.
We are a prophet by witnessing through words and actions in spirit of love. Saying kind words and doing loving actions is not limited in the sphere of church organization. This can be done in the family, community and in our working place. We serve as king by rendering service and we exercise our priesthood by our life of prayers.
The Vatican II and the Synod of the Laity states, "All the baptized participate in the mission, in the world; the church secular vocation, but to do so in different ways.  For lay Christians , their presence and activity in the world is not simply accidental; rather it is central to their vocation ;  the "world" is the environment and the means by which a lay christian  lives out his vocation".


Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Life is like a Boat

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The first  time that I  traveled by    boat I experienced uncertainty on  the middle of the sea.
No land visibility . I had  secret question that I was  ashamed to ask, Could this vessel surely reach to our destination?  I forgot that there is a captain in the boat who knows very well and will bring us all to our destination .

Our journey in life sometimes goes like taking a boat . In the long run of our journey we feel uncertain of what is ahead of us. We forget that there is a loving Captain in life's journey who will bring us safe to the our future . Though we don't know what will be there in coming days and years in life but  God is there who hold tomorrow and hold our hand.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Our Package Mission

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The call to stewardship is so urgent in this erratic climate. Sunny today, tomorrow will be a heavy rain. Here comes a flood!
One has to organize oneself what simple contribution we share to our environment. I find one, and that is waste segregation. Another is  vermi culture, raising red worms that will compost our daily waste  and turn it  to organic fertilizer. This could be a  mission that we can do  to world.  When God created us our mission is packaged into it.  Sharing with others our passion of caring people and environment in producing organic fertilizer, organic food from organic plants  and organic way of raising animal farms all these  would help our world clean and healthy.