Thought for the Day-The March for Freedom

Soldiers and Students, 1962, Jacob Lawrence

A Thought for the Day given at the lunchtime service of Holy Communion (BCP) at St Giles-in-the-Fields on Wednesday 28th August 2024 based on the text of 2 Thessalonians 3.6–10, 16–end and drawing on the anniversary of Martin Luther King's 'I have a dream' speach.

Start:Stop - Why Work?

Office in a Small City - Edward Hopper, 1953

Hello and welcome to this week’s Start:Stop reflection from St Stephen Walbrook, my name is Phillip Dawson. Under normal circumstances we would be repeating this short reflection in church every quarter of an hour; commuters on their way to work would drop in as they pass by, starting their day by stopping to reflect for a few minutes. For many, the journey to work at the moment is a somewhat shorter affair - and finding an appropriate environment in which to work may be more of a challenge than it was a few months ago! For those who have been furloughed during the coronavirus pandemic, there is an expectation that they won’t do much, if any work – at least not paid work for their employers.

In our reflection this morning we will be exploring our relationship with work. We begin with a short passage from scripture, to which the editors of the bible we use in church have chosen to add the rather ominous title “Warning Against Idleness.”

You can listen to a copy of this reflection here.