I've been meaning to do this for a long time - set up a blog intended mainly to improve communication with members of our three churches. I don't kid myself that this will be widely read or do much to change the world, but at least it will enable us to keep in touch a little better.
I spent an hour this morning with one of our church members. She was concerned that we rarely pray (at least in public worship) for persecuted Christians. She feels that this subject is widely ignored, and yet thousands of our brothers and sisters suffer for their faith. Why the silence - for example, when she highlights a particular case on her FaceBook page? Perhaps too uncomfortable? Politically sensitive? Maybe we would be accused of an anti-Muslim bias, since - sadly - so much persecution of Christians is perpetrated by Muslims.
We have agreed to do a few things e.g. include specific needs for prayer on the All Hallows pew sheet (her own church) and arrange for a preacher to come next year to highlight this matter for us.
It's another way we can break out of our self-preoccupation and become more mission-minded - seeking first God's Kingdom and his righteousness.
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