The work we are called to perform is not supposed to be impossible, and it is to be done for the good of the community. Thus, the community must ensure those performing the work receive the blessing of the community else the work is not to be done. But, the insanity in the world refuses to acknowledge this, providing unsustainable living wages to some and unlivable wages to others. “Work your way up” is the message, while offering little or no pathway of hope to realize potential.
Why is it the engines of our communities run on the burdening of so many – justifying consuming others for the “good” of community? What needs to be done to make quality work available for more people thus realizing joy within the community? How do we go about taking our work “off our altars of success” that it may become sanctifying work for community life as a whole? It begins with prayer, I think.
