Think Big

'It's so good that you're back', said Sheila when I dropped round her newsletter this morning. 'You make us feel safe, spiritually.' That was nice, and a warming thought when the rain began and soaked me as I cycled the parish.

The rain had cleared a bit by the time I got to the house of our Pastoral Assistant Sarah, who delivers a wodge of newsletters for me. She and her husband had watched a conversation I'd recorded and uploaded with a Green councillor and XR activist about the environmental implications and possible consequences of the epidemic. 

'I know we're all recycling and trying to use our cars less and things to help the environment', said Sarah, 'but is there anything bigger we can do, as a church?'

'Well', I answered, 'apart from the global overthrow of capitalism I'm not sure.'

'Hmm', Sarah thought, 'that might be a bit big. I mean, on our own.'