Art, Empire, and the End of the World in Walthamstow

People of London and its environs. I am pleased to offer notification concerning my presence among you this coming Sunday at St. Mary’s Walthamstow. It’s completely free, but there is an Eventbrite sign-up at the link. Do you know someone in London who prefers art over empire? Alert them. I’d be pleased to speak with them.

And wherever you are, take a moment to read up on St. Mary’s Walthamstow. Listen to this (or listen more intently by reading the words out loud to yourself: “St Mary’s has welcomed people for nearly a thousand years to pray, worship, learn, reflect, celebrate, grieve and take action. Today, we continue to explore what it means to follow Jesus Christ by asking how we can love our neighbours, challenge injustice and welcome others in the name of Christ.”

Yes, tax-funded antichrist is ascendant here and there and yon. But alternatives to all that terror are also here and there and yon and at St. Mary’s. The way they put it is alarmingly straightforward and righteously broad.

Have a look at their team. I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know Revd Vanessa Conant and Cameron Conant and Dan Copperwheat a little in recent years. They’re solid people. Artisans of moral seriousness, we might say. Do you know people like that? Consider checking in with them. And if you haven’t already, consider joining them.

And if you can, join us this Sunday.

We are a beginning.