I was listening to a talk recently by my cousin-in-law Eve Lockett and would like to draw it to your attention. In it she speaks of the power of words and then focuses in on the power of The Word. This might seem to some of my readers like coded language, as indeed in a sense it is. ‘The Word’ is mentioned in the Bible, in John’s gospel chapter one verse one. For any of you who are interested in the meaning and purpose of life, where we come from, where we are going to, this is deeply significant. If, as I am convinced, we are created by God and created for a purpose, then it is obvious common sense to try and find out as much as we can about what God has to say to us, and I believe this is to be found in the pages of the Bible. (I have written about the Bible in my blog entry of December 10 2019 “The best story book in the world”)
Eve is a lay minister at Cumnor Parish Church, and you will find her talk as part of the online service there at
https://cumnor.org/sunday-service-online-7th-february-2021/
I recommend it to you. It is a thought-provoking talk, and I listened to it twice: when you know what the speaker is going to say, it’s easier to think about it carefully during a second hearing: this is perhaps one of the advantages of the current lockdown and the proliferation of online talks. You’ll find her talk 23 min 33 sec into the video.
My cousin David Lockett also has some videos featured on the Cumnor Church website. David is both an artist and an art historian, and has made several videos which analyse paintings and sculptures of religious significance by well-known artists. These are to be found at
https://cumnor.org/category/art-faith/
Whilst we are in lockdown, some of us* have more time than usual to sit and think about matters of importance. Eve’s talks and David’s art videos provide plenty of food for thought.
* I do realise that, sadly, some of you have less time than usual!
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