Yesterday was a rest day. However I was using the new camera and came across many waterfowl do I thought I should post some.
Today was Day 7 and we’ve been walking a week. Bob started at Fradley Junction on the Coventry Canal and I went to Hopwas, hoping to see some bluebells. There were loads. The lovely church yard at St Chad’s was in full bloom.
I then walked along the Coventry Canal towards Bob and met him after a few miles. It was a lovely day for butterflies as well as more waterfowl. Does anyone know why there are small doors in some bridges on the Coventry Canal?
Sparrows weren’t worth much in Jesus’ day. So much human behaviour today suggests our contempt for other species, it seems little has changed. In God’s economy sparrows get top rating.
In Benedict’s Rule the community was urged not to look for rank or importance in age or office. It seems we struggle with such ideas even several hundred years later. Human beings are still busy with their status. Walking on a canal tow path there’s no rank. We do it slowly and eventually we hope we will arrive in London. Some way to go yet. Tonight we stay at a small glamping pod on a farm in Warwickshire: very comfy.
From my remembered bible: How much are sparrows worth?
May I value them all
From a Friend of Scholastica and a member of the Lay Community of St Benedict.
Janet Lees, Day 7 of the #GrandWalkOut, Hopwas.