250 words more or less from Fr David 

I’ve been having a bit of a go at live streaming our Sunday morning service. This is a big new scary adventure and I will be trying to stomp on the cyber-bugs for a long time into the future. For some reason that I will never know, we had the text of what I was saying running across the screen the other Sunday. In a classic geeky blooper. I said

“Almighty God unto whom all hearts be open, all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid…” whilst the text on the screen read

“Almighty Google,.. unto all hearts be open, all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid.

Perhaps good ol google does have a fair idea about what is going on in our lives. The technology is wonderful, particularly at this irksome time as we seek to connect in different ways. My feeble, fumbling attempts at live streaming are better than nothing. A surprising number of folk look in and I am deeply grateful for their support.

But Google and the screen are not the same as a face to face chat and a good ol fashioned handshake. 1.5 metres does not allow you to look into someones eyes and deepen the relationship. It is bewildering that the socialisation that often brings its own form of healing to community and individuals, is the one thing which is detrimental to our physical healing. This paradox is something that not even Google can work out. So I revert back to the original text. Almighty God.. to whom all are hearts are one all desires known and from whom no secrets are hid.

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