This week, many of us attended the keynote conference at the Archdiocesan Parish Vitality Conference: “Set the World Ablaze!” Deacon Keith Strohm, author of the book Becoming a Parish of Intentional Disciples, invited us to embrace as individuals the challenge of naming, claiming, and sharing the gifts God has given uniquely to each of us, and as parish communities to identify and call forth the gifts of all so that parish life is strengthened and the work of evangelization and ministry to those around us is enriched. By now, most of us are familiar with the notion of “stewardship”: to receive God’s gifts gratefully, to cherish and tend them in a responsible and accountable manner, to share them in justice and love with others, and to return them with increase to the Lord.”