Over the past few weeks I have been thinking a lot about
commitment and how the ethic of service has driven my life. Internally I am
experiencing an intense urge for transition. For decades I have engaged in
responding to disasters both nationally and across the world. This service has
afforded me the opportunity to develop a deep understanding of how service and
divinity are linked in ways that I would have never imagined.
This urge for redefining of my role in wider society is
being driven by inner stirrings that are pushing me from a response framework
to one centered on pre-emptive efforts to address the issues that contribute to
these disasters. Simply put, years
of witnessing and responding to devastation and human suffering have brought me
to a place where I wish to engage my talents in preventing these tragedies
rather than providing service after they occur.
So over the next few months it is my intent to explore
employment with organizations that are fighting the good fight, attempting to
make positive changes in the world that will prevent suffering. What direction
this will take I am unsure of; what I know is that I want to engage, confront
bigotry, violence, economic discrimination and global degradation of the environment.
So my friends let me know if you come across an opportunity,
the details matter little, what I seek is not increased income but increased
meaning in my efforts.
Yours In Service.

1 comment:
In the middle of my career as a Philadelphia paramedic and member of the ARC National Disaster Team, I went to seminary. The two seemed at odds at the time,and it wasn't until I fully embraced my Pagan Path that I fully understood. Your comment about being driven from a response framework to one of pre-emptive activism has put that into a clearer context to me now that I am a minister pro-actively working in the same communities I used to help salvage. Bless you for your service, Peter.
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