Vicar of Chesterfield’s Crooked Spire ponders what life will be like after coronavirus crisis
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Reverend Patrick Coleman told the Derbyshire Times: “It’s hard work for some people to spend their time in complete isolation, or simply with the lockdown and social distancing rules that are still in force. Even harder for some as they continue to risk infection working to keep the warp and weft of society in place and working.
“As we thank the ‘front line’ workers, we should also be thankful to those who have accepted an unprecedented restriction to their valued freedoms.
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Hide Ad“The indications are that in Chesterfield we have been doing well in this regard; information and observation suggests that good neighbours, other people generous with their time and efforts, as well as friends and family, are doing their bit to make the situation bearable, even for some simply survivable.
“We should be thanking them, and at the same time considering what this will mean when things become less difficult. Will the same neighbourliness continue? Will we still have the same sense of being in the business of life together? Or will things go back to the ‘me’ and ‘my rights’ society that has been building for much of my lifetime?
“Only time will tell? Not true: only we will be able to tell, for the future is something we hold in our own hands. Talk is currently of new forms of anti-pandemic behaviour on a personal level. Perhaps this needs to be part of attitudes and even planning in the future.
“While the basic realities of the future elude us, some things will remain. The Crooked Spire is not going anywhere, and the sight of it will still lift the eyes of the people of Chesterfield and further afield to higher and more important things.
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Hide Ad“‘Love one another’ is a phrase used often in the prayer of the church over this Easter season – and I pray that we will all be able to learn new ways of doing just that.”