JUST HAD A DELIGHTFUL HOUR with some startlingly gifted and inspiring young people. A fitness ‘motivator’ and football referee, a mountain-biker, a sailor, flautists, saxophonists, a keyboard and a bass player. All interested in community. All interested in the things of God. All bright enough to know that God is not confined within the walls of a church, but is to be found inside churches as well as outside them. All interested enough in one another, in their peers, in me, and in humanity generally, to celebrate both unity and diversity. All open to learning something about depth in matters of faith, about listening to the other members of an orchestra (or a football team, say) in order to make one’s own contribution the best it can be, and about not being too quick to leap in and take things (maybe especially religious things) just at face value. It’s absolutely wonderful to have people like these in our neighbourhood. I asked them to let me know if they’d like to meet up again. I hope they do. They’re as life-giving as the wind in their sails and their orchestral instruments. They are a breath of fresh air!
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