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Why have I not blogged for so long? Apart from today’s ‘excellence’ blog it is over a year since I last blogged. It’s not for lack of provocative material, for my work and home and friends give me much to think about. It’s probably that I value (or over-value?) my privacy and wonder if anyone is helped by my writing.
For whatever reason, I am going to try again!
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I discovered excellence recently.
It took the form of a wonderful treacle scone, superb lapsang souchong tea and beautiful paintings by local artists.
I found it not in a trendy city centre cafe or a new arts centre. No, I found it in the back of beyond, a small village called Glendale in Skye. This is a few miles from the most westerly point of Skye (so this is truly a ‘tale from the edge’!) and my family and I were staying there during the October break. ‘The Red Roof Cafe’ was a converted barn which had probably been built over 200 years ago. Renovated with perseverance and vision, planned with love and imagination and staffed by two friendly workers it was a haven on a stormy day.
As I enjoyed the experience I pondered that excellence can happen anywhere. It does take perseverance and vision, imagination and love. I wondered about the churches of Argyll that I am called to serve. How we can achieve excellence even in small and fragile places. How we don’t need to be part of a big city centre church to grow. How we need to believe that God lead us to a new future.
Where are you challenged to believe that excellence can flourish?
