Last Sunday some from the Newbold College community visited Holy Trinity Church, London. Our purpose was to participate in the 64th Annual Blessing of the Clowns. This extraordinary church service is held on the first Sunday in February. Clowns from all over the world attended in full make-up and costume. What a remarkably colourful service it was, deepening my awareness that whether we be clown or cabby, parliamentarian or pastor, student or staff, we all earnestly seek God's blessing in order to bless others.
But, what particularly moved me was when those of us gathered were led in a prayer of forgiveness: 'for the times when we have lost our sense of humour and perspective, for the times we have laughed at others instead of with them, for the times we have abused your great gift of laughter with offensive content, and for the times we have erased smiles from another....' May we, like Jesus, be joy-givers.
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