Parish Link [ParishLink] community newsletter serving Kensworth, Studham and Whipsnade, in South Bedfordshire, UK
Dear friends and parishioners,
It seems that one thing a lot of us are running short of is time. If you ask someone how they are, you often get the answer, “well, fine; very busy though”. People are increasingly stressed and stretched, trying to balance jobs, childcare, caring for elderly parents, church and voluntary work, housework and shopping, hobbies and time for ‘leisure activities’… Grandparents are helping to care for their grandchildren, and a lot of retired people I know tell me that they are busier now than when they were in paid work!
Yet time can also stretch out to an eternity – when you are grieving for someone you love who has died, the seconds seem almost to slow down in a way which becomes unbearable. In the split
Rev. Nicola Lenthall
Telephone 872 223
seconds when you can see your child falling over and leap towards them time seems to stop. And in the context of war, particularly of battle, time can similarly stretch beyond the imaginable.
Two minutes in our busy twenty-
Please remember those short two minutes on Remembrance Sunday or Remembrance Day; and, if you can, support the Poppy Appeal. Any gift, no matter how small, will be appreciated.
With my prayers and every blessing, this month and always,
Nicola Lenthall
Rector
