Comments on: Penitence and the Joy of Forgiveness http://www.italker.org.uk/2008/03/penitence-and-the-joy-of-forgiveness/ Life, as seen from Bo'ness Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:55:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Roddy http://www.italker.org.uk/2008/03/penitence-and-the-joy-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-182 Roddy Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:09:09 +0000 http://blog.standonline.org.uk/italker/2008/03/15/penitence-and-the-joy-of-forgiveness/#comment-182 For half-an-hour this afternoon, myself and a couple of colleagues stood at three queens square with bread and wine and offered it to passers by. I doubted anyone would take any, but I was wrong. In the half hour we were there we had more than half-a-dozen of all sorts. A couple were from churches and the rest were complete strangers. Two different folk were guys in late 20s perhaps, one who was with a friend who stopped and got rid of his chewing gum and took bread and wine while his friend looked on a bit skeptical. Another asked if this was catholic as he was wearing a celtic hat. We said it was no ones in particular and so he took both bread and wine. In many ways it was really meaningful to stand there and just call to passers by: "bread and wine for Good Friday?" That's all we said. And in my opinion it worked. Next year, the same? For half-an-hour this afternoon, myself and a couple of colleagues stood at three queens square with bread and wine and offered it to passers by. I doubted anyone would take any, but I was wrong. In the half hour we were there we had more than half-a-dozen of all sorts. A couple were from churches and the rest were complete strangers. Two different folk were guys in late 20s perhaps, one who was with a friend who stopped and got rid of his chewing gum and took bread and wine while his friend looked on a bit skeptical. Another asked if this was catholic as he was wearing a celtic hat. We said it was no ones in particular and so he took both bread and wine. In many ways it was really meaningful to stand there and just call to passers by: “bread and wine for Good Friday?” That’s all we said. And in my opinion it worked. Next year, the same?

]]> By: Fiona Maxwell http://www.italker.org.uk/2008/03/penitence-and-the-joy-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Fiona Maxwell Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:23:08 +0000 http://blog.standonline.org.uk/italker/2008/03/15/penitence-and-the-joy-of-forgiveness/#comment-181 Revd Fiona Maxwell Revd Roddy Hamilton Revd Gregor McIntyre Revd Peggy Roberts will be on the street this Good Friday afternoon Revd Fiona Maxwell

Revd Roddy Hamilton

Revd Gregor McIntyre

Revd Peggy Roberts

will be on the street this Good Friday afternoon

]]> By: Liz http://www.italker.org.uk/2008/03/penitence-and-the-joy-of-forgiveness/comment-page-1/#comment-180 Liz Sun, 16 Mar 2008 19:50:51 +0000 http://blog.standonline.org.uk/italker/2008/03/15/penitence-and-the-joy-of-forgiveness/#comment-180 Don't you think that finding the sacrament on the street is as powerful a sermon as any? Maybe our definition or notion of preaching the word is just too narrow. Don’t you think that finding the sacrament on the street is as powerful a sermon as any? Maybe our definition or notion of preaching the word is just too narrow.

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