"Finally, I suspect that it is by entering that deep place inside us where our secrets are kept that we come perhaps closer than we do anywhere else to the One who, whether we realize it or not, is of all our secrets the most telling and the most precious we have to tell." Frederick Buechner
Friday, January 15, 2010
The Episcopal Diocese of Newark Responds to Haiti
I am encouraging all congregations everywhere to try to match the generosity of the Diocesan Council of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark.
Generosity inspires generosity.
My experience is that, while generosity is its own reward, when we give out of a sense of gratitude for the abundance that God has generously given us, it always comes back full measure, pressed down and overflowing and in even better quality than that which was given.
Sort of like the story of the Miracle of the Wedding Feast at Cana which we will hear in church on Sunday
Let us be inspired to contribute as generously as we can.
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