tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post8933874003891269875..comments2023-10-23T12:09:50.512-04:00Comments on Clergy Confidential: Running for Our LivesTim Schenckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13913584491460599491noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-36067338756788892402013-04-16T06:09:19.000-04:002013-04-16T06:09:19.000-04:00As a risk manager I was on calls last night and si...As a risk manager I was on calls last night and since 5:30 this morning, trying to help the 20,000 or so employees of Iron Mountain through their reactions to yesterday’s tragic events, and go about their day as safely as possible. As a deacon, I couldn’t help but reflect on it all in a slightly different light fashion. I thought of the lesson from Acts that will be read this Sunday, the story of Peter’s raising Tabitha (Dorcas) from the dead.<br><br>Dorcas wasn’t powerful, she was a widow in a time when widows were generally either destitute or totally dependent on family. She was a disciple, a rare thing for Scripture to call a woman. She was a business woman(!), and not a church leader like Stephen, but she accomplished much of the same mission in feeding the hungry and taking care of the poor. In many respects, she was the church we see today: believers who do what they can with what they have. And while her death was a loss to the church, it was more to her community.<br><br>Tabitha was raised up by Peter – by the one entrusted with the keys to the church - so in a sense it was the church that resurrected Tabitha. I find solace in the first story of one raised from the dead after Easter being a story of the church acting for a community. And in that same way perhaps, it will be we as the church who now pray for the resurrection of those who died today. It will be upon us to pray as Peter prayed, and help to heal and resurrect our communities.Geofnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-73705651661465659552013-04-16T06:13:45.000-04:002013-04-16T06:13:45.000-04:00Thanks, Geof, for this response and for your conti...Thanks, Geof, for this response and for your continuing ministry.Father Timhttp://www.frtim.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-67601910789721464832013-04-16T07:24:11.000-04:002013-04-16T07:24:11.000-04:00well said !!well said !!Fr. Patrick Wardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-17724932111943786352013-04-16T09:13:44.000-04:002013-04-16T09:13:44.000-04:00Beautifully said, Tim and Peter.Beautifully said, Tim and Peter.Sallynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4381472662149763328.post-20501679922780812202013-04-16T09:14:13.000-04:002013-04-16T09:14:13.000-04:00And of course I meant Geof.And of course I meant Geof.Sallynoreply@blogger.com