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Over the New Year, a few tweets from Anglican priests caught my eye.
The first is from the Revd William Pearson-Gee, vicar of Buckingham Parish Church, whose sermon about not closing church for coronavirus went viral on Sunday, December 19, 2021:
He has the following suggestions for 2022, which will serve us better than easily-broken resolutions:
The Revd Steve Collier encourages us to put away fear and embrace living:
As far as coronavirus is concerned, Mr Pearson-Gee would like a focus on meaningful data rather than scary statistics:
He was bemused by a panicked mother who drove her child from Kent to Milan for the vaccine:
On the deeply sad news that 400 Anglican churches have closed in England over the past decade alone, he made an unintentional yet inspired typo. He meant to say ‘conversation’:
I am pretty sure that the Church of England hierarchy is responsible for a number of those closures, as they advocate for online church and only a hub of actual buildings. Philistines! The laity are fighting back. We’ll see who wins.
At least Mr Pearson-Gee’s church is doing well:
People know that they need more human contact rather than online participation.
The Revd David Horrocks of Barkham Church in Wokingham …
… pointed out the late Revd John Stott‘s prediction 40 years ago about this sort of thing:
Stott also warned about the effect of television on children:
In closing, why do we persevere with our faith? Because our Lord and Saviour did. He set the example:
Jonathan Edwards, who was a Congregationalist, can teach us a few eternal truths from long ago. It’s all in the Bible.
More’s the pity that the Church of England isn’t more rigorous in its seminary curriculum. At least Mr Horrocks reads a lot of solid theology books, such as this one by a Presbyterian, Sinclair Ferguson, in his own time:
There is a remnant of Anglican clergy who are truly devoted to Jesus Christ and, through Him, God the Father. We read so much about the irritating hierarchy and so little about the good local priests leading their flocks to light and truth.
I will pray that they continue to be faithful servants.
Churchmouse Campanologist 