Doing the Appropriate Thing

We have all got used to the mantra Stay 2 metres apart, and I guess all of us have developed different ways of measuring that in our heads to ensure we are compliant! 

Last week whilst on holiday in the Yorkshire Dales we were intrigued, and amused, by the National Park poster which measured this distance in 9 red squirrels, 2 Swaledale ewes or one Landover!!  It was all very culturally relevant to that beautiful part of the world.

The Church has always had a big task on its hands to seek to communicate using terms, images and ideas that speak in an appropriate and accessible way to the culture of our hearers.

Maybe today that might mean describing prayer as a Zoom call with God (or maybe not!!).

On Sunday, after church and in the glorious sunshine of that day, members of our Junior Church came together outside for what I thought was an entirely appropriate gathering.  Mary led them in planting up sunflower seeds and looking around the site for signs of wildlife.  All part of our Eco-Church commitment to value and look after our land.

Both personally and corporately that task of sharing our faith in culturally relevant and appropriate ways stays before us and encourages us to be creative!