The work

Your work is not to drag the world kicking and screaming into a new awareness. Your job is to simply do your work... sacredly, secretly, and silently... and those with 'eyes to see and ears to hear', will respond. Author Unknown

My partner and i have been talking, it's what we do. So one thing that has been bugging me is when he references the "unchurched" almost as if "churched" was a natural condition. Honestly I was a bit incensed as the people we are focused on serving don't need a frigging church! They need food and clothing and shelter. They feel abandoned by God and everyone. FFS churching them is the last thing they need, or so I thought.  See I don't do church as you may well have guessed. "Service" as represented in my practice happens whenever and wherever it is needed, and nowhere else.

I've learned a great deal about christians and their practices over the last 6 months or so as my partner is working toward being an ECC priest. I've finally come to understand that churched doesn't necessarily mean one who sits in church for Services. More it means one who feels a part of a spiritual community. So basically what my partner is saying is that the homeless, the hungry, and the abandoned who do have a community may through our helping them become "churched" by coming to understand that the Gods have not forgotten them nor abandoned them. That like me all the struggle, effort and working to survive may well be building energy toward radical life changes that simply have not yet manifest. And yes starting with helping the person next to you is an excellent idea as they are often the ones who will be right there doing the work with you. Build your team, chose your goals and work together. SMIB.