Amidst our joys and struggles how are the people and places of our daily lives encountering the light of Jesus love and hope in word and action -where we live, or work, or shop, or spend leisure time? How does who we are as followers of Christ impact on the hopes and needs of those around us… and even in the way we engage with complex wider world issues such as those people drowning at sea?
Let me read some more words, which should also be unsettling and challenging. This time words from the diocesan vision statement:
The Diocese of Gloucester seeks under God to be a resilient, dynamic and transforming gospel presence in and around Gloucestershire.
Surely, this is all about being salt and light; letting our light shine before others; being those ‘ambassadors for Christ’.
Read it all.
(Glou. Echo) Bishop of Gloucester Rachel Treweek's full sermon from her inauguration
Amidst our joys and struggles how are the people and places of our daily lives encountering the light of Jesus love and hope in word and action -where we live, or work, or shop, or spend leisure time? How does who we are as followers of Christ impact on the hopes and needs of those around us… and even in the way we engage with complex wider world issues such as those people drowning at sea?
Let me read some more words, which should also be unsettling and challenging. This time words from the diocesan vision statement:
The Diocese of Gloucester seeks under God to be a resilient, dynamic and transforming gospel presence in and around Gloucestershire.
Surely, this is all about being salt and light; letting our light shine before others; being those ‘ambassadors for Christ’.
Read it all.