A great day!

Yesterday (Sunday) was a great day!

It was so good to be back home with the St Peter's family after 4 months of sojourning at other churches. I was taken aback by the warmth of welcome and by the enthusiasm of the singing - and it's not as if the hymns were especially well-known.

When I got home, I was reminded of the difference between attending church and leading church. Throughout my sabbatical, I'd come home and get lunch or go out in the garden. But yesterday it was back to normal - I came home and just flopped down exhausted!

But I recuperated quickly, and after lunch laid a concrete base for the water butt (!) before heading off to Cath & Barry's for the footy. What a result! (in case you don't follow these things: Spurs 2 Liverpool 1). What's more there was a fabulous bbq and good conversations.
The latter began when I revealed I was a vicar.
'What do you do all day?'
'Well, I've just been on sabbatical.'
'What did you do?'
'I studied 2nd century Greek New Testament manuscripts.'
And the conversation turned to the evidence for Jesus.

Please, God, may this conversation one day lead to saving faith.