Chaplains’ Chat

We all know that relationships are the key to human life. We are involved in relationships every day of our lives. Whether this is the family relationships that we enjoy, the relationships with work colleagues, the School relationships or social relationships, life itself is built around relationships. More and more at Shore, we want these relationships to deepen and grow. Perhaps the key part of relationships is in our words. We are speaking people, and our speech and words matter, especially in the realm of deepening relationships.

This Term in Chapel, we are looking at a few examples of how Christians should live. In Ephesians 4:25 we read: “Therefore, each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbour.” We all know of the friend who speaks truthfully to us. It is wonderful. They are reliable, trustworthy and dependable. Even when their truthful words can be difficult to hear! Being truthful in our words has the effect of deepening relationships. Of course, the God of the Bible is the God who speaks and speaks truthfully to us. We can look to Jesus to see this. What a wonderful thing it is when we are in relationships where the words spoken are truthful words.

Rev Anthony Benn
Chaplain