I just got back from picking my wife and son from the station after their triumphant return from the protest in London. Catherine was carrying a flag and Ben had got hold of a Vevusala(?). apparently he had been playing hymn tunes on it!
The march had been so long that many people were just setting off when the march and speeches were going off in Hide Park. An estimated 250,000 had travelled to let people know that they were unhappy about the cuts. About 150 others had been arrested for causing a nuisance but my two protestors had seen no trouble at all.
My other two children amused ourselves after finishing our work by going in to Leeds to see the film “The Adjustment Bureaux.” Which was a really good film basically on the tension between predestination and free will, would you believe! Is our path fixed or do we have a choice.
It did make me think about current political dilemmas which seem to run on similar lines: “We have to do this because of the economic situation” or “We can choose our own path through free will.”
As Adam and Eve showed free will is always a tricky business but worth it in the end because through it God gives us the freedom to truly love. Which was kind of the theme of the film… you ought to go see it. Click here if you want to see a preview.
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