A Winsome Life

One theme that has gained new significance over the last two years is how we are called to be the church outside the church building and our church events. When the first lockdown started the church had to leave the building. And every Sunday we are invited to leave the church building at the end of the service, “to love and serve the Lord”. This talk was given by our Rector Christoph Lindner on Sunday 2 January 2022 and is based on Matthew 2 (The Wise Men). The reading is included in this recording.
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Listen to an audio version of the talk…
(This is from a longer article by Curt Thompson. Read the full article here…)
By now, most of us have noticed. And either we or someone we know is talking about it. Zoom fatigue. Irritability. No fever, cough or body aches necessary. Just the normal, run-of-the-mill symptoms of social distancing. And mostly, people are describing how much more exhausted they are at the end of their days compared to what their lives were like before three weeks ago. All of this highlights one element of what it truly means to be human that our encounter with the coronavirus has drawn our attention to: our bodies.
God made our bodies as part of what it means for us to be human, and much like asking someone to breathe air that is only 15% oxygen instead of the normal 20%, we’re asking our bodies to do things they were not made to do. Even so, along with other suggestions I have offered regarding COVID-19, here are some additional things you can do to help:
Our bodies are hard at work. And although we are in a season in which we are asking them to work differently and harder than usual, know that you are not alone, and your work is not in vain.
Christoph speaks to Olivia Drewett, a junior doctor in Bristol, about her work and faith.
If you’d like to explore the Christian faith, we’d love to be part of your journey of faith. There are also some helpful websites as a starting point:
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