Piloting Faith: I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool...

A Word for the Day...

Sometimes I encounter words from others that inspire me to new courage and imagination. It's easy to get caught up in the "doing" of life that we miss the "being." But that's not how God designed us; we are meant to be growing in consciousness, not productivity. We lose something sacred when we get that backward.

I've just finished reading Oriah's book, The Invitation. Enjoy her words...

It doesn’t interest me what you do for a living. I want to know what you ache for – and if you dare to dream of meeting your heart’s longing. It doesn’t interest me how old you are. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool – for love – for your dreams – for the adventure of being alive.

Oriah Mountain Dreamer

What a beautiful call to action for us. I hope today you come to know the adventure of being alive.

- Rev. Cameron Trimble, author of Piloting Church: Helping Your Congregation Take Flight

Prayer for the Week

You have promised to give us wisdom if we ask, and without holding our need against us. You don't fault us for asking, then asking again. I need this gift today.

Grant me deeper understanding in the common things, the things I do out of habit and without a second thought. May every part of my life me infused with your life - like light, like streams of waters.

Help me to rightly examine all things, to discern right from wrong, to see clearly what I should do. I need wisdom in...
my work
my relationships
how I speak to others
how I spend and save money
how I eat
what I give my attention to throughout this day

And it's not just for me. In the push and shove of competing opinions, our whole community needs wisdom. Grant us insight in our thoughts and desires, so that our minds can be open, uncluttered, and vibrant. Give us your wisdom, that we may be more like you.

Amen.

(adapted from The Prayer Wheel by Patton Dodd, Jana Riess, and David Van Biema)