Articles From Bishop Wester
Everybody has stuff. I don't know whether this comes from prehistoric days when human beings had to gather food and stockpile it for their survival or not. In any case, it seems that everybody collects stuff. Just take a look at all the storage space for rent throughout the state. Rich people have stuff, poor people have stuff and even little babies have stuff (lots of it!).
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All of us like to be recognized for our talents, our abilities and our accomplishments. As children, we make no bones about it: "Look, Mom! No hands!" or "Look what I made in school today!" As we get older, we become more subtle but no less adept at getting people to notice us and what we have to offer.
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Today's article on stewardship marks the third in a series in which I have been reflecting on Stewardship: Our Way of Life. In the first reflection I brought out the fact that stewardship is not so much a program as it is a spirituality, a way of relating to God and to the world. In the second, I concentrated on gratitude as the overriding theme of this particular way of life. In this issue, I wish to treat the first of the three pillars of stewardship: time. The other two, talent and treasure, I will treat in subsequent articles.
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A dear friend of mine, Father Gene Konkel, SS, tells the story of a fellow he knew in Menlo Park, Calif. This gentleman assisted in the parking lot of a local bank after having suffered a major stroke. The part-time job gave him something to do during the day and afforded him an opportunity to engage with people, whom he missed because he had to quit his regular job.
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Our diocese will soon begin Stewardship: Our Way of Life. As we prepare to take up
this "way of life" in our local church, I will be presenting a series
of articles in which I will share my reflections on Stewardship, hoping also to
communicate my excitement and enthusiasm about this way of living our faith.
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