‘Well- being’ is becoming one of the hot topics of the moment. I now regularly hear people on the radio talk of the need to measure a country’s prosperity not simply in terms of its GDP but of its overall happiness.
I suspect we all know there is much truth in the idea that wealth by itself doesn’t bring satisfaction. For example, there is something of a loneliness epidemic amongst many elderly people. They have enough money but insufficient friends which does not make for ‘well-being’.
On Tuesday evening we held an end of year party for our Life and Faith Groups at AFC. These small groups bring people together to study the bible, reflect on the Sunday sermon using art, talk about a book together, knit for baby charities or simply spend time in prayer and meditation. Each group is about ‘well-being’, giving people safe space to build friendship, explore faith and share service. By coming TOGETHER our lives as individuals are affirmed and deepened.
The mission and message of Jesus was all encompassing of life. For him (as for his Jewish ancestors) life was seen as a whole with the physical and spiritual interacting. Jesus called it ‘abundant’ life and what he talked of is for the ‘well-being’ of us all.
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