Whenever the issue of declining church attendance is raised, somebody always claims that more people attend services in this country than football matches (partly because tickets to holy communion don’t cost £60 a time, plus programme, plus a fiver to the curate for “guarding your car”). But if the Church of England is serious about making itself more attractive, it could do worse than seek inspiration in the World Cup. The answer is simple: sign up Desmond Tutu.
Terry Fullam said that from God’s viewpoint, 11:00 a.m. on Sunday was the most boring hour of the week. Also. visitors were amused to learn that what they had attended was a celebration. There is a lot of truth here.
Are you sure it wasn’t Terry who was bored and not God?
OK. I expected something like this. I agree with Terry so there are at least two of us.