The ministry of us all
Baptism is an amazing thing! We are taken into the family of God. With this comes an incredible inheritance and an incredible responsibility. We move into that special state known as relationship. No longer are we in a place of doing for each other, we move into being for each other - the transformation from my brother's "keeper" to my brother's "sister" or "brother". Sounds a bit redundant, but it is essential for us to underscore our relationship. Because we have a relationship - even to distant 'relatives' - we have history and a common denominator.
Please find here a song I wrote more than 10 years ago. I wanted to thank the witness of my friend and musical mentor Frank Santo and also convey enthusiasm in ministry to the first crop of deacons in the Diocese of New York that I had gone through training with.
Click here for the song: "Lead Me Out"
Feel free to use it in your congregation when this lectionary comes up (in Epiphany, as I recall) or to tap into the ministry of the entire body of Christ - the Church. I don't ask for royalties... just give an accredation.
Also... composers, musicians out there - I invite you to share original music that you use for youth events or marriages in your congregation - send it to me @ the usual mailbox: deaconj@geraniumfarm.org .
Whether it is the sheer magnitude of recovery in the lives of those killed or injured on Sept.11, 2001 in New York, Washington DC or Pennsylvania..... whether it is the magnitude of a tsunami in Christmastide 2004 or the magnitude of the wind and waters in the gulf in August 2005, we are called forth - one by one - to face the wall of devistation and, with God's help, to chip away at that wall. One by one, person by person, household by household, community by community. God is on our side, who then is against us?
Bring your songs, bring your strength, bring your compassion and donations and time in these days and months to come. Sometimes that helps us to become the living sacrifice we speak of in the covenant part of the Eucharist.... a living sacrifice, dedicated to God. Amen and Amen.
Please find here a song I wrote more than 10 years ago. I wanted to thank the witness of my friend and musical mentor Frank Santo and also convey enthusiasm in ministry to the first crop of deacons in the Diocese of New York that I had gone through training with.
Click here for the song: "Lead Me Out"
Feel free to use it in your congregation when this lectionary comes up (in Epiphany, as I recall) or to tap into the ministry of the entire body of Christ - the Church. I don't ask for royalties... just give an accredation.
Also... composers, musicians out there - I invite you to share original music that you use for youth events or marriages in your congregation - send it to me @ the usual mailbox: deaconj@geraniumfarm.org .
Whether it is the sheer magnitude of recovery in the lives of those killed or injured on Sept.11, 2001 in New York, Washington DC or Pennsylvania..... whether it is the magnitude of a tsunami in Christmastide 2004 or the magnitude of the wind and waters in the gulf in August 2005, we are called forth - one by one - to face the wall of devistation and, with God's help, to chip away at that wall. One by one, person by person, household by household, community by community. God is on our side, who then is against us?
Bring your songs, bring your strength, bring your compassion and donations and time in these days and months to come. Sometimes that helps us to become the living sacrifice we speak of in the covenant part of the Eucharist.... a living sacrifice, dedicated to God. Amen and Amen.
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