connecting God and life

Connecting God and life is written by John Rackley and will include comments on films, books, life in Bath, encounters that have made him wonder about what this may mean for his faith in God. This is written for believers who are inquisitive and agnostics who are looking for a change.

'Let this be an end to it'

The Bishop of London made his view very clear. The 10th anniversary of Diana, Mother of Princes William & Harry should bring to a close an era when her reputation and story has been misused.
He was noticing that Diana, like Elvis, had taken on a new life in the imagination of both the harmless and those with a more malign intent. No matter how she dealt with her reputation in life this is no excuse for those who wish to make something for themselves on the basis of that reputation now.
For him she should now be left to rest in peace and as Harry's tribute movingly reminded us - her memory should left to rest gently with those she brought into life.
I hope he gets his wish!
Sometimes the end has to come without everything being settled or sorted. Life cannot be tidied up or tidied away. Few of us will leave it with everything sorted. Those of us who try to do this will struggle with a sense of futility.
Christian faith in God believes in the importance of good endings. This is the strange paradox that is declared in the cross of Christ. It was messy and unpleasant. An innocent went to an untimely death. Yet what then came to light was a new way of living. It was a better end than it seemed. For it was in a graveyard that Christian faith in a timeless life came to birth.