Saved by the Bread of Life - Sermon for Sunday 5th August 2018
Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer. The ways we communicate are many and varied, sometimes spoken, sometimes written down, through letters, e-mails, and sometimes through social media, video’s, facetime and skype. Then when we see symbols, pictures and stories, they also have meaning. Jesus used many of these, although perhaps not skype, not that we are aware of anyway. Then sometimes, communication is simply silent. So when Bruce contacted me, silently by e-mail, a few months ago about coming here today, the first thing that happened, was that I smiled, silently. Now this may sound like a strange confession, but I smiled and was immediately reminded of my placement here last summer, of how you looked after me and made me so welcome. I knew straight away that I wanted to come back and this says a lot about your friendliness and welcome, this is a true gift, much like the gifts described by Paul