90 years on....

Three news items made for an interesting segue!

90 years ago the Battle of the Somme started. The end of the first day saw 24, 000 British troops dead, many more injured, not to mention French and German casualties. The end of the Battle months later in the mud of November saw over a million dead.

That is so unbelievable you'd think that it was made up - but it was and is a reality - over a million dead.

90 years on England shape up to play Portugal in the World Cup and a BBC interview with a German fan seemed significant for me given today's place in history. "No question about it I will be shouting my heart out for England!"

Then to Baghdad for the latest example of human madness - "A huge explosion has ripped though a busy Baghdad market, killing at least 62 people"

Reconciliation is a reality - that costs nothing but putting pride aside and embracing each other as humans. That is easy to do when you like someone but when you feel someone is undeserving it is harder - 'grace' (an undeserved gift) has always been part of God's plan, the true vicious circle breaker!

I guess the challenge is to ask how we as individuals and how we as church model reconciliation!

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