Our ultimate purpose is not to achieve something, or do something, or find a meaningful calling. Our sense of purpose flows out of God’s purpose. And God made us in his image. One of the things what that means is that we are called to reflect God. For us as Jesus followers that purpose becomes being shaped into the image of Christ. So our purpose ultimately is to reflect Jesus. And this is especially true of those called to the ministry of spiritual leadership.

But this calling is just as important for us as The Church to embrace. For we not only reflect Jesus personally, but we also get to reflect The God Community collectively. The Trinity is not just some mysterious truth that we believe in, but don’t understand. It is a way of life that we get to model. And how we as Christian communities discover the amazing ways that the Father, Son and Holy Spirit relate to each other, becomes the model for healthy growing churches.