Sacred/Scared

If our ecclesial vision

is limited to a corporate model

of planning our work

and working our plan;

    if it's little more than a strategy

    to go where we want to go

    – where we feel comfortable going – 

    then we have missed out

    on God and gospel altogether.

Vision, as it defines the church,

is about settling down long enough

to imagine all of creation

through God's heart and eyes;

    about peering through divine lenses

    long enough to be frightened

    by God's plans, but also long enough

to be drawn toward a daunting dream

by the mystery of God that is

anchored in the deep places

where only love and grace

have fully taken root.

    If we're not quaking in our boots,

    and swallowing our hearts,

    we have probably missed the mark.

  

Photo by Joe Stephenson

© 2015 Todd Jenkins