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May: A Word from Richard
Dear Friends
There was an interesting programme on Radio 4 the other day. As usual, because I was driving in my car, I heard neither the beginning nor the end of the programme, only a tantalising portion somewhere in the middle. The programme was about the significance of chaos. The theory being put forward was that chaos is good, that most of the major advances of human progress have followed times of upheaval. Alongside this was the suggestion that with too much peace and prosperity human beings just become fat and lazy. Interesting! Whatever the theory, I am still worried about Trump, Putin, Brexit, Isis et al and am rather fond of the peace and prosperity we, as a nation, have enjoyed for several decades now.
April: A Word from Richard
Dear Friends
Whilst visiting friends recently, I picked up a copy of ‘Life Together’ by Dietrich Bonhoeffer (It’s always fun to look through someone else’s bookshelves!). I was reminded once again of the significance of this young German pastor who openly resisted the Nazis and paid for that resistance with his life, being hanged in Flossenburg extermination camp just one month before Germany surrendered.