God Calling
Yesterday I read chapter six in Chittister's book, "Called to Question" - which focuses on being called. She anchors this reflection in two snippets of scripture: "For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable" (Romans 11:29) and "You have been born anew, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding Spirit of God.' (First Peter) From this chapter I launched into what I thought was going to be a reflection on being called. I ended up going elsewhere with that reflection and so return today to the notion of being called. Chittister says, and I agree: "...everybody lives to do something that only they can do. Everyone of us is called, by virtue of what we love and what we do well, to give something to the world that will bear the stamp of our presence here. We are called to add something to the creation of the universe." The baptism rite in the Episcopal Church, and the teachings about baptism, po...