Good weekend I thought. Although I am having to come to terms with the fact that the rugby semi final was far more enthralling than the the football qualifier, even if I have a deep conviction in preference for the round ball.
Just wanted to re-iterate one thing I said in the service yesterday. I spent most of the weekend listening to the new Radiohead album after downloading it last week. I love it- especially 'All I need'. Boom boom bass-cello and a reference to 'reeds' in a love song, nice....
What has been making me think is more the bold move of 'unmarketing' it by offering it online for whatever people wanted to pay. An invitation to radical fair trade- if you want to take it up.
It is in a sense an act of grace. Something for free, if that's what you choose. But to me to respond with nothing is not to respond. Not to be involved properly- not to relate.
We come to church to express our worship to God. It is a response to the free offer of life that we find in Jesus Christ. You can come for free and watch and go again. But to really be involved there is a need to respond; to put something in the blank space of what we will give back. You.
I paid £5 for Radiohead. A bargain and maybe a bit stingy- that's me!!
