Defining 2020

 

2020 will go down as a year unlike any other, defined by different ways of doing things, a different set of phrases - and immense gratitude to those who did so much to keep life on track. 

One memorable element is undoubtedly the NHS clap. For several weeks we went outside at 8pm on a Thursday to bang drums, pan lids, spoons, whatever - or simply to clap as we applauded the commitment of NHS staff in addressing the Covid challenge.  

Of course, there were many other key workers, supermarket staff, delivery drivers, teachers, etc etc. Where would we have been without them? Where would we be?

A lot has been said of late about Christmas being cancelled. Actually, that's not true; but it is going to be different. But, as we continue with the challenges of these strange times, it remains that case that we can celebrate that, in the words of the carol, 'love came down at Christmas'. Let's do that by finding some specific way, we who are the Body of Christ, to express that love.