Bishop Cathy Roskam (bio) wrote these wise words. Try this prayer before your next vestry meeting:
God our true perfection:Grant us brevity and resolution
To do only those things which should be done
And keep from all that we ought not to do;
To say all things needful, and not more.
Punctuate our conversations with your grace,
And when the mind grows weary and the hour late,
Bring us, in your mercy, to a firm conclusion;
Through Jesus, your (First and) Last Word. Amen.
Last year, Voelz, a pastor, was tweeting at a conference outside Nashville about ways to make the church experience more creative — ways to "make it not suck" — when suddenly it hit him: Twitter. (The TIME 100: Ashton Kutcher on "The Twitter Guys")
Voelz and David McDonald, the other senior pastor at Westwinds Community Church in Jackson, Mich., spent two weeks educating their congregation about Twitter, the microblogging site that challenges users to communicate in 140 characters or less. They held training sessions where congregants brought in their laptops, iPhones and Blackberrys. They upped the bandwidth in the auditorium. (Finding God on YouTube)
As expected, banter flourished. Tweets like "Nice shirt JVo" and "So glad they are doing Lenny Kravitz" flashed across three large video screens. But there was heartfelt stuff, too.
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| 1 | O God, you are my God; eagerly I seek you; * my soul thirsts for you, my flesh faints for you, as in a barren and dry land where there is no water. |
| 2 | Therefore I have gazed upon you in your holy place, * that I might behold your power and your glory. |
| 3 | For your loving-kindness is better than life itself; * my lips shall give you praise. |
| 4 | So will I bless you as long as I live * and lift up my hands in your Name. |
| 5 | My soul is content, as with marrow and fatness, * and my mouth praises you with joyful lips, |
| 6 | When I remember you upon my bed, * and meditate on you in the night watches. |
| 7 | For you have been my helper, * and under the shadow of your wings I will rejoice. |
| 8 | My soul clings to you; * your right hand holds me fast. |
