Sunday, February 06, 2011

of Edges and Balance

· PCCI – Passionate Community for Christ Inc.

I continue to serve in the Board as one of its founding members. I also serve as program consultant to the PCCI group in Tuguegarao, Cagayan. The work there has expanded to include Quirino, Isabela, Ifugao and Sanchez Mira. The growing involvement of the professionals and students in that area is slowly transitioning the group to become autonomous from and yet interdependent with central Manila. Here in Manila, we continue to develop and offer initiatives to engage the professionals. Aside from the “Nurturing Passion as a Community” retreat which we have been offering since 2009, I developed another follow up retreat and christened it – Beyond Balance: Living by the Edge (BBLE). We ran three batches last 2010 in Silang, Cavite at Kuya Del Sta Ana’s Kubo Camp. Here is my major learning about the BBLE-

The Edge

An unknown place of risk/uncertainty where adventure is the norm. As such, the edge draws us to trust no one, yes not even ourselves, and thus focuses our attention only on God and His grace. By the edge, we face people in their world and value them as they are. Here we learn to incarnate and be one with them, even as we are one with God. The edge is where we are called to be - living out Christ!

Balance

A state / position / conviction a person assumes where his current environment and/or significant relationships will not be compromised.

To be balanced is to move (or not move) according to culturally / institutionally / socially set norms. In short, to be balanced is not to have a mind of our own. Interestingly, a person only achieves a state of equilibrium when he is dead. Hmmmmm….

We find our ability to STAND and MOVE in Christ. He is our model of a God-centered life. He modeled EDGE-LIVING while being in the center of God’s will – something the Pharisees criticized. He had more time with the marginalized –tax collectors, prostitutes and the poor – because that was where he was needed most. He was passionate about prioritizing his God-centered moments that he would wake up early morning to be with God or forego of his lunch just to spend time with the Samaritan woman. Edge-living is never a comfortable place to be with, but this is where we are called to be – and must be.

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