Back home
We have been home for a week. The journey back was smooth, and the weather favourable (until we crossed the Channel.) We spent more time, with a 24 hour stop in Troyes (a delightful city, with many medieval buildings and a cathedral which had some of the best displays about the life of the church we have ever seen.) But it was quite tiring, and difficult for Jo with her worsening arthritis and stiffness. Our time in Grenoble was enjoyable and rewarding (as all of our periods of locum ministry have been.) The congregation (around 50/60 adults most week) seem committed and regular in attendance (even if punctuality was not a distinctive feature!) As ever, most of the work is done by a small core group. But there was enthusiasm in the worship, and a strong and evident desire to come together and to learn. There is clearly a great deal of need among many of the African members. The absurdity and injustice of many of the regulations concerning asylum-seekers was obvious; there see...