Rowan Williams the current
Archbishop of Canterbury has released his New Year message on
Youtube. The
text of the message can be found on his website.
I have a lot of time for Rowan Williams and mostly agree with what he says. In particular I want to quote the last paragraph or two
"Perhaps a good resolution for the New Year would be to keep asking what world we want to pass on to the next generation – indeed, to ask whether we have a real and vivid sense of that next generation.
A lot of the time, we just don’t let ourselves think about the future with realism. A culture of vast material waste and emotional short-termism is a culture that is a lot more fragile than it knows. How much investment are we going to put in towards a safer and more balanced future?
A big question. But too big to avoid.
And if we feel a bit paralysed by just how big it is – well, we can at least start by a visit this week to the nearest recycling bins.
God bless you all in this New Year; may you have patience for the long view – confident that God takes the long view of you and isn’t going to give up."
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