Sistertech doesn’t usually think of herself as a “big tease”. So excuse the teaser title of this post. However, it is a topic that occupies a lot of Sistertech’s time. In our line of ministry we often separate the “holy” from the “everyday”, the “sacred” from the “daily, yucky, normal” what have you. This is a false dichotomy. Still, it is one most of us fall prey to as various times either throughout our lives or at least throughout the day.

Sorting these kind of theological knots is above Sistertech’s pay grade. But for the sake of the Internet bonding we have begun, allow me to share an entry from my personal diary. (You won’t go blabbing it. I think we’ve established that amount of trust, yes?)

I got out of a long shower tonight and thought about
all the prayers that need to be said for all the
suffering people all over the world. I thought,
“if I just didn’t have all the other stuff to do,
I could finish the task of praying day and night.”

Sistertech laughed out loud at myself. Of course, I know better than to separate one’s prayer life from any activity. Duh! As all of you in the tech world know, we’re praying constantly! How could software programs possibly come to market without prayer!

But seriously, it’s just a sign of the burdens upon Sistertech’s heart that for a moment she forget that the “sacred” doesn’t happen only in a special place, at a special time, by a special person, saying special words, or singing special songs. We pray every moment we attend to our intentions and when our intentions are directed to what we’re attending to. I certainly don’t mean that to sound as circular as it did. As “hip” as Sistertech tries, or rather, pretends to be, I would never lower myself to equating prayer with “thoughts” or worse yet: VIBES! Heavens! Vibrations are what earthquakes are. No. What the world needs is more prayer, not more “vibes”.

By “intention” I mean just that: the focusing of an angel’s soul on that which should be its sole focus: giving praise and glory to The One In Charge. I appreciate the fact that it is harder for some of you to be so single-minded. But here’s a little secret: In my Department we often find our intentions slipping this way and that.

Bottom line: whether one is installing some more RAM, dumping a clogged up cache, updating one’s Twitter page, or making a cup of coffee (which is what I’ll need to be doing if I don’t hurry up and fold my wings for the night!), I urge us all to stay focused on that which we should be intending at all times.

Oh dear. It’s almost  Sunday in Australia!