Keeping Our Center ~ Day 48

Over all these years of pastoral ministry, one of the most important things I’ve discovered is that God is in the interruptions.

When I had a church office to work out of (Sacred Journeys rents space on Sunday mornings, so I work out of my home now), I had an open door policy. Even when I was writing my sermons I kept my door open, because people who needed me, or even just wanted to connect by chit-chatting, might be exactly what I needed at the moment, or I might be what they needed. I didn’t want to literally close the door to the Spirit’s ability to work.

That’s not to say that I wasn’t sometimes irritated by interruptions (I’m not perfect), or exasperated when some seemingly meaningless conversation went on forever (again, not perfect), but I’ve tried to take a deep breath and remind myself that God is in the interruptions.

These days my “interruptions” take the form of my college-aged daughter who is home studying online and occasionally needs something, a dog who wants a walk or to be scratched, and calls from my dad who is in lockdown in assisted living at St. Monicas, among other things. Certainly this virus has been a huge interruption in our lives, but it has opened new opportunities and possibilities if only we’ll look for them. The question to keep asking is “Where is God in this interruption? What am I being asked to attend to or release in this moment?

Love & Light!

Kaye