Dear St. John's Community,
To mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, Queen Elizabeth recorded a very short and inspiring statement.
It moves me to watch this statement together with the footage of the celebrations 75 years ago. I pray that we can discover the worthiness of putting our personal interests aside for the sake of others like has been done in great times of testing in the past. The Queen also says something that feels connected to what I tried to say in my sermon on Sunday about the empty streets right now. She says:
"Our streets are not empty, they are filled with the love and the care that we have for each other."
In my sermon, I made the point that we will get to choose the way that we live when we get to all re-inhabit our streets once again. Her words add something to that sentiment, reminding us that the emptiness now is actually already a sign of our love and caring for one another.
You can watch her full statement
here. (It's just four minutes!)
And if you would like to view our service from yesterday once again, or for the first time, it's available
here.
God's peace,
Rob+
