25th January 2015.  

Matthew 13: 31-35. Patient love – Slow church. God has worked patiently with humanity since its creation and through thousands of generations. He is our loving vine-dresser – John 15. The parables of the sour dough and others demonstrate that speed is not the most important thing – something that we need to remember in the 21 century in our slow build of relationships in church and community. What are the implications of this theology for the way the church works? JTH