tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post1624669095789407054..comments2023-06-04T14:47:02.324+01:00Comments on a sideways glance: The gossamer threads of social solidaritysimonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13470335172330595542noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9901815.post-5678284794296181822010-10-14T10:36:32.810+01:002010-10-14T10:36:32.810+01:00Simon - thanks for these thoughts, as ever, very h...Simon - thanks for these thoughts, as ever, very helpful and thought-provoking. <br /><br />I think what I find so depressing, at present, is the lack of interest, let alone anger, in so many people I talk to, with regard to the cuts. Our agenda within church is still so often about our activities, but the community agencies I’m in touch with are increasingly anxious about just how savage the impending cuts are going to be. For me the challenge is how we begin a conversation about these issues within church, when people still think of politics being one of those ‘privatised’ zones that are considered inappropriate to talk about. ‘It’s not up to the minister to tell me how to vote etc etc’<br /><br />I’ve found myself reflecting a lot on Jeremiah recently, and particularly his ‘letter to the exiles’ of chapter 29, the fact that our churches aren’t going to be able to prosper if the communities around them are being ravaged by cutbacks and redundancies.Trevor Neillnoreply@blogger.com