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Seeking Resonance

The this Church Times podcast the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani speaks of the weariness in the church and in society at large and her discomfort with the relentless call to numerical growth. Well worth 30 minutes of your time. (See an excerpt below:)

Being Peacemakers Along the Battlefront of Life

There was my daughter Makayla dancing in the darkness – just spinning around, saying, ‘Look at me, Daddy’. I said, ‘Makayla, you need to go to bed, its 3 am. You need to go to bed.’ But she said, ‘No, look at me, Daddy. Look at me.’ And she was spinning, barrettes going back and forth, pigtails going back and forth. I was getting huffy and puffy wanting her to go to bed, then God spoke to me. ‘Look at your daughter! She’s dancing in the dark. The darkness is all around her but it is not in her!’ Makayla reminded me that weeping may endure for a night, but if you dance long enough joy will come in the morning. It is the job of preachers….to [send] this word to us in the hardest of times: do not let the darkness find its way in you. (Brous 2024:130)