Sad day

The news that Brother Roger of Taize, one of the giants of the contemporary Christian world, has been murdered whilst praying will bring sadness across the Churches.
A full, if not horrifying, account is here.
Frere Roger's contribution to keeping the rumour of Christ alive will be told by others more able to do so than myself. Yet the community of Taize continues to remind us of many important principles:

• we are an ecumenical Church
• we are primarily committed to love our God through fine and simple worship
• we see the young drawn to the integrity of a life of challenge and discipline.

There are many other things that could be said. But not now.