When I Grow Up

I have always wanted to be a missionary. Through the years I have come to know and hugely to admire the tremendous work done by missionaries in all parts of the world. The extraordinary heroism they have demonstrated in bringing and, more importantly, living the Gospel in so many different places. It is the most fulfilling job compared to being stuck in the office and spending the day doing document shredding. More than anyone, they have greater insights, distilled from their experience, that what the world needs most of all is the loving touch of God, not empty recitations from some rule book. More than anyone, they are well placed to bring this message to a world still locked in conflict and prejudice. Eve the most unyielding problems can be resolved on the foundations of a common value system, built by men and women of good faith coming together with a common mission as equals and with a commitment to turn away from conflict driven world view to a consensus driven one.