Good
morning,
I
don't like people very much.
Well
that could get a vicar into trouble. But, as with a lot of folk, I
have a preference for the inner world over the outer. I am an
introvert.
So
let me explain my opening. I don't like people very much (beat)
as a way of re-charging my batteries. I don't do that in company. I
need to be alone with a book, a piece of writing paper or a film. I
am the one you see happily by himself in the cinema, on a Friday
afternoon.
The
Bible has no concept of a church where people don't meet. There are
at least four places where team-work is applauded. Suggestions are
made of different gifts and skills that make up an effective working
group. Jesus had a bunch of followers.
But
note this. He had to get away from them, and is described as getting
up early in the morning to pray alone in the hills.
Mark's
gospel tells a story of Jesus coming back from such a quiet time to
see huge crowds waiting for healing. In one of his more shocking
statements, and he made many, he said 'Let's go somewhere else.'
Festivals
are great. Be it Olympic crowds or all the Harbour-side stuff this
weekend in Bristol. Great entertainment and the buzz of the masses.
If we meet there I'm sure I'll like you. But after a while I'll need
to escape.
So
that's enough inter-action for a Friday morning. I'm off for a quiet
coffee somewhere to get some energy back before I have to meet people
again. How do you re-charge?
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