“Servanthood is not an act, it is a way of being. Servanthood is the fundamental posture of divine relationship. This posture, this way of being—heart, mind, soul, and body—is the repentance, the metanoia (literally the “change of mind”), the complete reorientation of our being, to which Jesus calls us from the very beginning.
“And if we would but dare to open our eyes, we would come to see that this, too, is the cross—that moment, that place, where the righteousness of God meets the sinfulness of humankind with complete, no holds barred, unequivocal, unconditional, self-surrender. The cross—that moment, that place, that event, that unmerited divine gift, in which the righteousness and holiness of God meets completely, fully, and at every level, the sinfulness and brokenness of humanity. It is the ultimate embrace of “the other.” True communion.”
— Bishop Robert O’Neill, Diocesan Convention, 2005
In this diocese, the posture of servanthood is being engaged and lived out in many different ways, most evidently in local parishes, in ministries to the poor, the lonely, the sick, the vulnerable. Colorado has fourteen Jubilee ministries throughout the state, all of which provide basic human services to those in need. Colorado’s Episcopalians also serve their brothers and sisters abroad through the Colorado Haiti Project, and by supporting the Sudanese Community Church.
These are the tangible, concrete, visible ways that we live out the call of God in the world, that is how we manifest the divine love of God and become the body of Christ incarnate in this world.
