Easter greetings! This
Easter Sunday I'm reminded of the Easter liturgy:
He is risen;
He
is risen indeed
I thought it is so fitting to combine the Easter Sunday theme with one of Jack Popjes' reasons to
write—a must-read here.
Our local Spring WorDshop
theme is "Reason to Write", and so we've asked our writers to reflect
on this topic.
As I write this blog, my
major reason to write these last few weeks has been to complete a research
paper on the ways professional counsellors and church staff can coordinate
better care for those traumatized or with PTSD.
There
are so many other reasons to write and so many individual perspectives, that I asked
my InScribe Writers’ group members to give reasons they write. Here's an
overview.
Then our group said God has given us the gift of
writing which we need to develop. Doing so helps us express creatively our
words and our avalanche of ideas. For some it's a pleasure to simply play with
words.
We
write to help someone else, to stir people, encourage them, and bring joy. We
can enlighten the world for others and can change the world. We can convey a
message, to inform and persuade.
Further, we write leave a
legacy. Some leave a legacy for their family; others leave a legacy in
published works.
And that brings me full
circle to Easter. We write to communicate what God has done in our lives, especially
because of Jesus’ victory over sin and death.
In conclusion, how do you
relate to this theme? What meaning does it have for your faith and writing? (If
you have already attended a WorDshop, we would love to hear what insight you
garnered from the sessions.)
Like many others, I journal as a processing tool and also as a way to pray. I also feel called to write stories as a way to edify, exhort and entertain. As an organization, we 'minister to writers so they can minister to others'. I think this sums up why we, collectively, do what we do, for writing is ministry.
ReplyDeleteReading Jack's story in the link you provided, Sandi, moved me deeply. As I pictured Jack's rushing home to gather the pages of the freshly translated of story of Jesus' crucifixion, I was reminded of the immediacy of the gospel story for those who haven't heard it. How easy it is to take this old story for granted.
ReplyDeleteHow blessed we are that the disciples of Jesus didn't put off their writing until a more convenient time! They felt the urgency of recording these stories, each in his own way, in his own voice, so that we today have this witness of the life of Christ--the words he spoke, the stories he told, the way he died for us, his obedience to God the Father.
If God is still working in our lives today, we will have stories to share as well. Thanks, again, for getting us started on this new theme, Sandi.