Ministry Redefined by ME

“Society has to be better than the individual.” The Ides of March

America is full of petty, egotistical, self-centered, greedy individuals filled with ill intent.

On the flip side is the pathetic, needy, selfless, down and depressed individual who couldn’t help him/herself if life itself depended on it.

Somewhere in between, somewhere scattered in a town here and there, but not found often is the individual who has a heart of gold, but knows what hard work is. The individual who respects and cherishes life, and doesn’t neglect it.

But if this is the makeup of our society, then how good could it be? If society is indeed better than the individuals in it, then our society itself is in a sad state. 

Society is defined by Encarta Dictionary as relationships among groups, the sum of social relationships among groups; the customs of a community, the way it is organized, e.g. its class structure, the role of women in society; an organized group of people who share an interest, aim, or profession.

What has happened to the sense of community and relationship in our society? Why is it that a career such as community organizing has to exist? Essentially, we, community organizers, have been charged with restoring society, bringing it back to its rightful place of being a collective showing of the good, the progress, the justice and the equality that ought to exist where people live, work, play, worship, and eventually die. We have been charged with bringing society back to down to earth where it belongs.

It’s a hard journey, one filled with sleepless nights or dreaming about the work we do, but it is a journey worth taking, one worth living. I believe that this is not just a job or career that people enter into…this is ministry.

Sincerely and truly yours,

The Illest Bitch Alive (Thanks Wale!)