When we were children, if we asked Mum ‘What’s for tea?’ ‘What’s for pudding?’ ‘Are you making chocolate cake or coffee cake?’ the answer was always ‘W&S’.
When Mum ‘W&S’ it meant ‘Wait and See’. Although Mum wouldn’t give us the answer that we wanted, eventually we’d find out. Waiting came first – then seeing… then tasting
Sport continues to ever-present on the news. After the tennis at Wimbledon, the football Euros in Germany – and golf and cricket – we’re now looking forward to the Olympic Games in Paris.
There’s speculation regarding our medal hopes in athletics, swimming, gymnastics… as well as less publicised sports. Last night a reporter was asking whether we could win our first ever medal at table-tennis. The answer? W&S – Wait and See.
Yesterday’s King’s Speech outlined Britain’s new Labour government’s plans, and its first package of proposed legislation. We heard about building new homes, the railways, illegal immigration, private schools, climate and energy, conversion therapy, smoking…
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has promised to rebuild the country. Will he will deliver on his promises? Will Britain change for the better? The answer? W&S.
Church attendance across the country is diminishing. It seems that if we continue as we are, eventually the church will die. In ‘The Church of Tomorrow’. John McGinley says:
‘Like Jesus we have to learn how to bring the love, truth and power of God creatively to connect with the lives of those around us. To challenge oppressive and restrictive systems. To offer his re-creating power into every situation of brokenness in people’s lives around us. And then to see how this spreads from one person to another and transforms them and their relationships…’
I’m encouraged by, and share in, McGinley’s optimism. There’s no doubt that we must change. But what will that change look like nationally, or in our little church in Lowestoft? The answer? W&S.
Now I’m waiting hopefully. I pray that the seeing and the tasting will be in my lifetime. If it isn’t that’s OK.
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My version to our children was “Wasp”, wait and see please
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But then you were always very polite, Martin!
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Thank you, Malcolm. 🙏🏻 wait and see…indeed!
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The problem is, Karla, that waiting requires patience, and that doesn’t always come easily!
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Right?! I’m with you!
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Malcolm, as you know I struggle with church attendance, so I am interested in reading McGinley’s thoughts. I also wait hopefully, but also wonder what part I could play in the change.
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I understand the struggle, Dana. I’m still reading McGinley’s book, but he’s saying that he thinks things must change dramatically – the church is now marginalised, so it must form a new identity.
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I’d be interested in your thoughts as you finish reading. And what would that new identity look like?
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My grandmother always answered ‘if it’ when I asked what was to eat – ‘if it goes round, you get a bit’. Luckily, my mom didn’t pick up that habit from her🤣
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I haven’t heard that one before, Lynn. I guess sayings like that reflect your grandmother’s background and generation.
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When businesses began opening up their doors to customers on Sunday, the Lord’s Day of rest, church attendance appeared to go downhill from there.
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I think that was just one demonstration that our society and culture are diverging from the church – giving the followers of Jesus a different job to do.
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