One of the benefits of doing consistent work and sharing it with the world is that people will use it, even if you think they won’t.
This sermon is a dud. This blog post is empty. That newsletter article won’t be read. But who knows? If we put it out there, people can do with it what they want: tape it to their desk; send it to their brother. But only if we make it.
The same is true of churches. There is so much wrong with so much of what we have a thought to do. But our calling and God’s grace compel us to do the work anyway and let our communities put it to use.
It’s not ultimately our work.
While my students work at their tables, I play a Jackson Browne prayer/song in the background.