Timing is everything

"There's an opportune time to do things, a right time for everything on the earth."

The last two days, I was on retreat with A Renewal Enterprise. The New England Synod has embarked on a three year journey:
Be who you are.
See what you have.
Do what matters.

About 1/3 of the 190 ELCA churches in our region were represented today. I am one of 18 on the team that will facilitate this process.

Next Sunday, our Council retreat will focus on the first phase: Who are we? Why do we exist? What are our guiding principles? How can we work together, playfully and creatively? Our leaders will wrestle with these questions first and then involve all 391 members between now and May, so that Faith as a whole can live into who we actually are, discovering our purpose.

Contrary to what Solomon says, I think if we walk through this process slowly and prayerfully, we can determine what God is up to in the world and throw ourselves into it as co-creators.

Two verses stuck out to me today:
"Make the most of your job. It's God's gift."
"We all came from dust, we all end up as dust."

Getting involved in what God is doing is the only way to truly do what matters.