Ten very productive and profoundly moving days with colleagues working in the
Nandyal Diocese in
Andhra Pradesh. It’s now three years since Lucy and I first visited, and it was good now to be among
recognizable friends in places that now mean very much to us. Our hosts looked after us wonderfully. The four of us were profoundly struck by the warmth, dignity, hospitality and commitment to Christ of our hosts, often in circumstances that would easily drive others insane. Working results still need to be agreed and actioned, but the country was, as ever, crowded, beautiful, raw, elusive and subtle...
Ten very productive and profoundly moving days with colleagues working in the Nandyal Diocese in Andhra Pradesh. It’s now three years since Lucy and I first visited, and it was good now to be among recognizable friends in places that now mean very much to us. Our hosts looked after us wonderfully. The four of us were profoundly struck by the warmth, dignity, hospitality and commitment to Christ of our hosts, often in circumstances that would easily drive others insane. Working results still need to be agreed and actioned, but the country was, as ever, crowded, beautiful, raw, elusive and subtle...
2 comments:
What wonderful images of India.
I couldn't work out how to submit a comment on the 'Unto them that hash up small things' piece and this will probably appear in the wrong place.
I am as likely to benefit from the new railway line as most people as I often travel by train from Liverpool to London. But knocking half an hour, or even an hour, off my travelling time won't revolutionise my life. If they want to spend that much on improving transport, the money would be far far better spent on making the buses run on time. It would help far more people. But of course different people, and that's where the real agenda kicks in: who's it for?
We won't have a rational transport policy until we've got agreed answers to two questions: how far is far enough, and how fast is fast enough? Without answers to these, we're on an endless treadmill, always striving after faster and farther, always dissatisfied, always spending money on fancy new projects instead of responding to real needs.
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