September

Greenbelt over, school looming.  Is there much to look forward to save for the usual autumnal festivities?  It’s no good thinking that the year is over before its time, there is much to enjoy and get on with.  Elderberries are glistening their deep purple hue, and other fruits are literally falling off the bushes.  A more unusual harvest is the nettle stalks in preparation for the harvest services.  It’s all beginning to happen, rather than nothing to look forward to, everything is coming to fruition!!

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    I was at St Luke’s yesterday morning. It is quite an Anglo-catholic church and so I was part of the altar party being a sub-deacon or something wearing more robes than I ever thought possible! Anyway, that is not the important part. At the distribution of the elements, I was to give out the bread to half the congregation, while the priest did the other half. It was while giving blessing to those who did not receive and giving the bread to those who did, that I was struck with a sense of not being myself. It was as if I was almost watching myself do this, listening to the words I was saying. As I sat down at the end I felt the full effect of what had happened, the immense privilege it had been to be the one who poured out the grace of God for these people. I realised that it was not in the bread, or in anything to do with me, but in the eyes of those I was giving to, in the reception of something they believed and trusted me capable of giving, something without the grace of God I would not be capable [...]

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