Volume VIII Issue IV

This the Editor's Corner article I wrote for the latest PCC Scroll...

The editing team had a retreat at the beginning of August. I am extremely excited about the direction the PCC Scroll is heading in. With this issue, we have a new section that will be written by Sister Deidre Daymon. The section, “These are the Years,” will focus on the senior/retired members of our community. We also have a new layout, which we hope will make the publication more readable.

At the retreat, we developed the editorial calendar for the next four issues of the Scroll. In short, the next issues will focus on our natural seasons and the movements associated with the seasons. We will parallel the natural movements with spiritual matters.

In many ways, we are starting at the end. We are starting with the harvest, which is when we reap the fruit of our labor. There are steps that take place in winter, spring, and summer that impact what we harvest in the fall. The big question is what are we harvesting right now and how does that compare to what we wish to harvest. From the resting and rejuvenating of winter, to the planting and birthing of spring, to the nurturing and pruning of summer, in the fall, we reap what we have sown.

The reaping and sowing process impacts all areas of our lives. It impacts our financial fitness and our health. It impacts our relationships with God and man. It impacts our ability to do our jobs well. The bottom line is whatever we put in, we will get out.

We are faced with situations that reveal what is really inside of us daily. When given the chance, do we act out of love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance? Now is the time to be honest.

It is time that we align our actions and reactions with the fruit of the spirit. I invite all of us to sow and reap love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance.