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Why make the effort to be somewhere on a Sunday?

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Speaker: Why make the effort of be somewhere on a Sunday when I can enjoy a lazy morning?

Rock Schuler: Well, that is a good question. Sometimes, when I am off; I am not working; I go to the gym on Sunday morning. So, I go out running on Sunday morning, so I see the number of people that are out there and I think, wow! It would be nice to have Sunday morning free. And yet, I know at my deepest level, how important it is to be connected with this group of fellow spiritual travelers.

It is important because they help me love better. That is the core reason for getting up on Sunday morning. That is the reason to be a part of a religious community. They show us how to love, they enable love, they help us direct love. Healthy religious communities are loving communities. They are communities that are reaching out beyond themselves.

Unhealthy communities are always concerned about their own well being and you will never find one that is concerned about people outside their boundaries. Healthy religious communities are always looking for ways to be at service to people who are not a part of the community; as Archbishop William Temple once said, the Christian Church is the one organization in the world that exists for people who are not a part of it.

So, I get up on Sunday morning, so that I can be a part of a community that shows me how to love others and through that love, I am able to make the world a better place. I am able to be a part of a community that helps to make the world a better place.

Expert: Rock Schuler

www.stjohnsolney.org

Email: rock.schuler@stjohnsolney.org

Rock Schuler was most recently the Rector (Pastor) of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Olney, Maryland. He has served as an ordained minister of the Episcopal Church since 1990 after studying for the priesthood at Seabury-Western Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. He was awarded a Doctorate of Ministry in Congregational Development in 2002. In the course of his ministry, Rock has served on an Indian More »