As we approach this Christmastide and a work hiatus for a little over a week, I completed my 'expense reimbursement' for the months of October, November and December. During those three months, I drove over 3000 miles to meet with search committees, diocesan committees, and parish leaders. It is always a surprise to realize just how much 'road time' is spent -- because the time with colleagues in ministry always makes the travel time seem insignificant.
We now look forward to a new year, full of concern and wonder regarding the capacity of our congregations to have the financial resources to sustain ministry as it has been known to them. We need to keep the Star of Bethlehem before us. It is the call of the star to the travellers from the East that invited them, and continues to invite us, to seek God incarnate. We have been given many treasures -- the people who serve in the name of God, the treasury of our churches, and facilities to support ministry. May we have the wonder of the Wise Men to seek transformation and find new meaning in our ministries.
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