WHY ARE WE WAITING.... is another advent reflection, this time with Rowan Williams speaking from a plasma telly placed above a roaring fire. I watched the archbishop's 10 minute talk about advent this morning. A very clear and gentle unpacking of some of the important themes of advent. There is also a daily thought. I liked this little story...
There is a great story about a government minister who was asked this question by a newspaper who were running on article on what famous people wanted for Christmas. Not wanting to appear too grasping, he said that he rather liked those bottles of stem ginger that you see in the shops around this time of year. And so the article ran: ‘We asked leading figures what they wanted for Christmas. The Archbishop of Canterbury said he wanted an end to the violence in Iraq. The Dali Lama said he wanted peace in the Middle East. The Pope said he wanted an end to poverty. The Minister for Trade and Industry said he wanted a jar of stem ginger.’
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