November - St Boniface Church

Letters...Christianityis built onworkingtogether‘IT is the weak man who urgescompromise - never thestrong man.’I wasn’t sure that your choiceof quote (see above) shouldhave been on a Christianpublication such as the parishLink.Too many people have theview that religious folk arefundamentalist die-hards whoare unwilling to listen toothers’ experiences, toowilling to marginalize thosewho do not conform.However, Christianity is builton reaching out and workingtogether.In the book of Isaiah, Godsays “Come now, let usreason together” and Jesustells us in Matthew’s Gospel tomove on from “an eye for aneye, a tooth for a tooth” to“love your enemy and pray forthose who persecute you.”Jesus replaces anuncompromising cry forperceived justice with thereminder that those who hurtus are human too – in need oflove and our prayers.Perhaps we could adaptHubbard’s quote to say: “It isthe wise man who urgescompromise – never thefoolish man.”Sadly Hubbard cannot tell uswhat he meant. He diedaboard the Lusitania when itwas torpedoed through thecommands of someuncompromising, strong men.JOHNNY GILLETTBunburyParents shouldlead by exampleI felt I had to write afterreading the GrumpyGargoyle’s column in lastmonth’s Link.The other day I was on myway to work when I passed awww.stbonifacebunbury.org.ukmother walking her twochildren to Bunbury PrimarySchool.Nothing wrong with that onthe face of it.The problem was that theywere walking past theVicarage – where the road isvery narrow anyway – withtheir backs to the traffic.Not only that but the motherwas walking in front of herchildren which meant, if theyhad got knocked down, shewould not have evenwitnessed it.I probably would not havewritten to the Link, had theGrumpy Gargoyle notmentioned it. But these kind ofthings have worried me for along time.Please parents, lead byexample.P WATKINSBunburyBOSSY BELLHELLO.Allow let me introducemyself.My name is Bossy Bell, anear relation of GrumpyGargoyle.I reside high up on theroof of St Jude's Church.I know my voice is all onone note - just dong, dong,with no ding - but I seeeverything from myposition and a dong cansay a lot.I want to see children'sfeet hopping and skippingup the path to church onSunday mornings like Iused to not all that longago.Why cannot we make ourchurch enjoyable for theThe wayWe wereA VILLAGER sent usthese two images ofBunbury from yearsgone by. I expect peoplewho have lived here foryears will recognise theplaces and perhapssome of the faces aswell. If you have any oldpictures of Bunbury, theLink team would love tohear from you.younger people around?The messy Sunday inGrumpy Gargoyle's churchsounded fun.We are the lucky oneswith a church hall so themess doesn't have to be allin church.We have a costly newmusic system for what wewere told was for youngpeople’s services butwhere are the ones whowanted it? Children stillneed parents to organisethings.A stupid saying 'See youlater' is used everywhere atthe moment. But when islater? Please let us seenow, not later.Dong to you all.15