Reconciliation

Not one to rest on my laurels, I'm still keen to move forwards on other discordant areas of my life. The song in my head today is The Broken Body by John Bell – all verses are good but I don't want to contravene copyright so here's just the first verse:

"How can we live as Christians here, untouched by one another, Lip service paying to the name of sister or of brother."

It's about the disunity of all people not being able to share in communion together. Thankfully most services I've ever attended the table has been open, and I'm delighted that my children regularly take bread and wine. But I have been to services where because I'm not of that particular denomination I've not been invited to participate. That has felt hard – and maybe useful to experience as many people feel rejected in similar ways for all kinds of reasons.

And so I shall continue to reflect on where my actions or words can leave others rejected, and keep working on how to bring about as much reconciliation as I can so we can all get on with delighting in each and every one of us.