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\"mundane\"<\/a>Today’s post is written by Jo Anne Taylor, Worship Pastor at Bethlehem Covenant Church<\/a>, Minneapolis, MN.<\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a crazy week around the Covenant. Weather weirdness throughout the North American continent, one heart-breaking tragedy after another, the deaths of iconic artists, and major life transitions among friends and colleagues make me want to pause \u2013 if only just long enough to catch my breath. Emotions run from horror to glee in an instant. Concern for those I love, and for the world God calls me to love, grows into a nagging sense of urgency to do <\/i>something.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, sermons get written, songs get rehearsed, bulletins get printed, and agendas for meetings get developed. Coffee gets poured and cookies get baked, bandages get rolled and Sunday School lessons get prepped. The work of the church goes on, and we are all called \u2013 and blessed \u2013 to be part of that work.<\/p>\n

As that work continues, however, the nagging sense of urgency to do<\/i> something continues to tug at the edges of my consciousness. Matters of great impact are happening all around me, and day-to-day ministry seems so \u2026 mundane. Just as I\u00a0become convinced that nothing<\/em> I do can ever be enough to meet the needs of this hurting world, and everything<\/em> I do has fallen into a formulaic routine of drudgery, \u00a0the Apostle Paul speaks to me through his letter to Thessaloniki:<\/p>\n

\u00a0Now concerning\u00a0brotherly love\u00a0you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been\u00a0taught by God\u00a0to love one another, for that indeed is what\u00a0you are doing to all the brothers and sisters throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to\u00a0do this more and more, and to aspire\u00a0to live quietly, and\u00a0to mind your own affairs, and\u00a0to work with your hands, as we instructed you, so that you may\u00a0walk properly before\u00a0outsiders and be dependent on no one. – I Thessalonians 4:9-12 (ESV)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Then I remember that ministry is both\/and, not either\/or. More and more, more and more.<\/p>\n

How do the scriptures speak to you in the midst of crisis? How do you balance the ongoing ministry of your church with the desire to meet immediate, critical needs when catastrophe strikes? How are you, and your congregation, loving one another more and more<\/i><\/b>?<\/p>\n

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