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I’ve heard someone summarize Christian Education as an unending effort to raise peculiar people. Not peculiar in the sense of being odd, standing out for reasons that are ego-building, or people who “find their own groove” in ways that fill up social media accounts. Instead, peculiar describing people so motivated by their love of God and desire for the Kingdom that they are compelled to serve and love without ceasing. It is their unending commitment to love in determined ways that gives way to the descriptor of “peculiar.”
Peculiar people build the God’s Kingdom every day:
When peace and reconciliation overcome conflict, the Kingdom is built.
When grief and sadness are chased away by faith-nourished hope, the Kingdom is built.
When loneliness and desperation are washed away by communal joy, the Kingdom is built.
When apathy and disillusionment are replaced with passionate purpose, the Kingdom is built.
When division and hatred are replaced by justice and righteousness, the Kingdom is built.
The world cries out for those who are peculiar.
SJ
