It's at this time of the year when people are on holiday that things tend to be very quiet. The Lambeth Conference has just finished with nothing of value really helping the plight of the traditionalist, so all quiet there; my eldest son is at church camp, so it's all quiet at home; and both work offices I use are also very thin on the ground.
It should be at a time like this that my brain provides some space to do a bit more thinking, but that too seems to have gone on holiday.
On the BBC's breakfast news either this morning or yesterday, there was an article on a church youth group going abroad to Europe's 2nd poorest country (can't remember the details - told you my brain is on holiday) to help improve the environment and give box gifts to the people. That to me is real Christian love in action, and an outworking of God's Spirit. A meeting of a few, including the rector, at my local parish church recently discussed how we could improve the mens' ministry, but this youth group's action makes our discussion pale into insignificance, except for the one fact that whoever we givethe Gospel to, that is following Jesus' command to make disciples of all nations. So an outreach breakfast at my place for a few in the local neighbourhood is of value, I just really admire those who did that missionary trip though.
My prayer is for more Spirit inspired, challenging and potentially difficult outreach like that, and may I not be too cowardly to venture beyond my own breakfast table. Amen.
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