We must be grateful for Colin’s reflection; concise and forensic. It provides a challenge to those of us, fortunate to belong to congregations which, seemingly secure in their comfort zones of formal liturgies, ‘traditional and consistent’ worship, feel insulated against such threats to our faith. In reminding us of the frailty and vulnerabilities of religious organisations, we too must be vigilant against complicity and conscious of the challenges facing us.
We must be grateful for Colin’s reflection; concise and forensic. It provides a challenge to those of us, fortunate to belong to congregations which, seemingly secure in their comfort zones of formal liturgies, ‘traditional and consistent’ worship, feel insulated against such threats to our faith. In reminding us of the frailty and vulnerabilities of religious organisations, we too must be vigilant against complicity and conscious of the challenges facing us.