Always winter???
In keeping with our winter theme, I found myself thinking of that wonderful children’s book from the land of Narnia, “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” by C S Lewis. (fun fact: we remember C S Lewis in our church calendar on November 22). For those unfamiliar with the story it is set during WW2 and four children go through a magical wardrobe and find themselves in the land of Narnia. When they arrive, the land has for years been existing in a time which is “always winter, but never Christmas”. Although we in the southern hemisphere celebrate Christmas in the summer, this evocative phrase still hits the mark. In this land it is dark and cold and most have lost hope because of the curse of the witch. There are small pockets of hope and rumours that one day the Lion, Aslan, will come. There are times in our lives that can look bleak, when we struggle to find hope. Perhaps “the time of coronavirus” is a little like that. This virus we first heard about in the new year. Everyone thoug