Why didn't I say something??? She was waiting in the Chemist like I was, and walked past me on her way out. She would have been in her late seventies, maybe more, in a wonderful long bright tartan coat and a large stylish winter hat. She walked carefully out and as she was passing I so wanted to say 'love your coat', but bottled it and she was gone into the cold dark. Her coat spoke of younger, vibrant times when she would have walked briskly, surrounded by friends laughing and talking together. To buy and wear a coat like that would have taken confidence as she would always stand out wherever she went, especially in our darkly clothed wintery Glasgow. I am sure she had other coats she could have worn when she came out shopping. I wonder whether she pulled that one from the back of the wardrobe because she wanted to feel a little different today, make an ordinary shopping trip more of an event. Wearing a coat like ...
stillpoint is an offering and a space for busy people doing life and faith. A 5 minute read will hopefully stimulate thought and reflection on how the ordinary details of life can be shot through with wonder and significance. For folk within church, and those getting by perfectly fine without, there should be something here for all of you. After all, we only have this "one, wild, wonderful life" so let's celebrate it.