my niche

Consider this definition:

niche |ni ch |
noun
a shallow recess, esp. one in a wall to display a statue or other ornament.
• ( one's niche) a comfortable or suitable position in life or employment : he is now a partner at a leading law firm and feels he has found his niche.
• a specialized but profitable corner of the market : [as adj. ] important new niche markets.
• Ecology a position or role taken by a kind of organism within its community. Such a position may be occupied by different organisms in different localities, e.g., antelopes in Africa and kangaroos in Australia.
verb [ trans. ]
place or position (something) in a niche.
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from French, literally ‘recess,’ from nicher ‘make a nest,’ based on Latin nidus ‘nest.’


Jubilee Fellows is my niche. Ministry is my niche. It is proof that I am my father's daughter (and in other ways, more truly, my Father's daughter). Church-y, spiritual-y kinds of things are where I thrive.

I like the definition of niche (from the Oxford English dictionary on my Mac), and while I don't know how accurate "comfortable" is for describing a niche in ministry, "suitable" would apply to me. Even more than the specific definition for a job/vocation, I like the version about Ecology better:
A position or role taken by a kind of organism within its community

Yes. Ministry is obviously a position or role in its community. But it's also true that it requires "a kind of organism" that is designed for its role. And that's the wonderful part about Jubilee Fellows-- we are all a common organism in our community, with similar goals and drives and passions to serve in a unique way. We have the privilege of bringing together people of all walks of life to examine their walks IN life, to consciously bring together the physical and spiritual.

I have found my niche. :)