“Loving, thoughtful, active promotion of the good of others and the causes of God in our world, through which we experience the many little deaths of going beyond ourselves.””

“Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gifts each of you has received.”  —  1 Peter 4:10

from A Year with God:  Living out the Spiritual Disciplines, edited by  Richard J. Foster and Julia L. Roller, introduction to days 106 – 125.