I got up early and wrote a homily for this evening's service before breakfast, much to my surprise. We then did some food shopping, and then drove up to Mijas to show Clare around for the first time and have lunch. The sun shone but it was fairly cold up there, but not impossible to sit and eat outdoors with a view down to the sea ten kilometres below us. We returned to Fuengirola for the service at five o'clock. There were twenty of us present and several had been at the service last night as well.
It wasn't a grand affair, but it was none the less a worthwhile opportunity to reflect again on the extraordinary progress the churches have made in forging a common witness to faith over my lifetime in ministry. Healing the wounds caused by past conflicts between Christians is important to reconciliation, shaping the future of mission around the challenges facing all believers as a result of global rapid change in the past few decades is another matter altogether.
I wonder if I shall live long enough to see really substantial progress on this front as well?
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