Dignity

For about a year I went weekly to the Phyllis Zumkehr Clothing Center in Ravenna. I was a volunteer and new to the scene. The Clothing Center is set up like a store with used clothes on racks – pants and shirts, dresses and sweats, suits and baby onesies. Folks come from miles around, pick out what they need and bring it to the “checkout.” That’s where they put me, to fold and carefully bag the clothes that people selected. No one paid even a thin dime for the clothes. The clothes were free and I did not know why I was there, folding and bagging and saying, “Thank you, come again!” But then hit me: This was not about commerce. This was about dignity.

“Will you strive for justice and peace among all people, and respect the dignity of every human being?” (BCP p.305)

“I will with God’s help!”

Go in peace to love and and serve The Lord!

Josh