Matters of government...

Had a fascinating morning today. Along with 14 0r 15 other local church leaders I went to visit our local MP, Gareth Johnson, at the Houses of Parliament. Visiting Parliament was an experience in itself; so much history in the building, so many good stories. Truly it is an amazing heritage - with the twist that we don't often remember, that it all belongs to us, the British people. And we have the right to visit, to be part of it because it is our parliament.

Having said that, the heritage and the surroundings I think can be a mixed blessing, creating an illusion of significance for the UK which is maybe just not appropriate in the 21st century; and becoming a "bubble" for the politicians at Westminster, remote from everyday life in towns like Dartford.

But the point of the morning today was that our MP wanted to open lines of communication with church leaders - and that has to be a good thing. It will be interesting to see how things develop.

Keeping up....

Have just worked out that it's now nearly a year since I started this blog....and it has to be said that posting on here hasn't been very regular. Fits and starts is probably the right expression. But I've found it useful to have as a forum for random thoughts and reflections, so will keep going with it, most likely with the same (ir)regularity.

In the New Year, at WCF we are planning a whole church Bible reading programme to tie in with the Biblefresh initiative, and I've said I'll blog some thoughts on that as we go along. So that will force the issue, I guess. In the meantime, it will continue to be as and when I have a thought/get the time...