date: Fri Dec  6 10:08:10 2002
from: Mike Hulme <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>
subject: For January magazine
to: Smith_Margaret

   Margaret,
   I wondered whether you would like to put this in line for the January church magazine?
   Mike

     Connecting with Culture?
     I guess for an increasing number of people in Holy Trinity, email is a
     dominant mode of communication and medium for the receipt of information.
     It certainly is for me.  Amongst this non-stop flow of messages in my inbox
     - some important, some trivial, some junk - I am very grateful to receive
     twice a week a short Biblically-based commentary on topical issues in
     todays culture.  It takes only 2 minutes to read, but it injects into my
     working day nuggets of Christian thought and perspective which compete
     effectively, and sometimes by surprise, with the constant flow of
     electronic information I receive.  So whether it is a comment on Myra
     Hindley and the reality of repentance, the latest Harry Potter film as seen
     through Christian eyes, or a sharp analysis of the contrasts of abundance
     and poverty we see at Christmas, these 2-minute thought pieces are studded
     through my working week and bring Christ into the workplace.  And on
     occasions, the comment is so apt and timely I find it appropriate to
     forward to a secular colleague.
     The service is free to anyone with an email address and is offered by the
     London Institute for Contemporary Christianity - of which John Stott is a
     founder and patron - and is called "Connecting with culture".  For those
     interested simply send an email request to <mail@licc.org.uk>
     Mike Hulme <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>