“So long as I am serving Christ using my talents that is all that matters.”
I’ve been doing The Lego Church Project a long time. Each year spending countless hours building the church for the current season. Then, if some allow, taking my work on the road and sharing my talents with others. Along with developing my personal mission as it relates to faith and disability. As I’m nearing the end of my twenty-fifth year of doing this. I’ve been doing a lot of personal reflection on what is motivating me. Even at times when I run into endless frustration.
At the core, The Project, is about prayer. Everything I do is rooted in prayer. Every brick placed down and every figure I set it is about prayer. I’m taking everything with me as I’m building. My journey though the faith is often reflected in the bricks I lay down. Prayer, for me, has become such an important element of my life that it is something that I truly value. The Project becomes a focal point for my prayers and it is often reflected in what I layout when I’m Praying At The Bricks.
Over the years I’ve had the chance to do a lot of interviews. Both in print and on various audio/video platforms. Such as podcasts and radio programs. They are an important part of my ministry. It allows me to tell people about what I’m doing and at times allows me to dive into the mission behind the work. Expanding my range over all by talking about my creative use of LEGO. As well as sharing important elements of living the faith in the shadow of a disability.
While all of this is important to me. It all comes from a simple understanding. So long as I am serving Christ using my talents that is all that matters. Their are many ways for us to follow Christ and to serve him. Many of us have talents and hidden skills that can be used to share the faith with others. To help people who may be struggling with their own walk with Christ. It is our responsibility to use our talents in such ways. For me this has to be the driving motivation. I have to be doing this for “the right reasons”. Not about fame. Not about fortune. Not even about being well known or “famous”. (Some think that I am.) Unless I am doing it for Christ then I am doing it for the wrong reasons. The mission no longer becomes focused on following our Savior. Instead it becomes about following our own ideals.
Twenty-five years is a long time to be doing something of this nature. All I am is just a guy with a mild form of cerebral palsy who is just showing that no matter what challenge or disability you face God can still use your talents. So long as I am doing it in service to Christ. That is all that really matters in the end. -
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